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Map of Brest and Camaret, 1694 (Brest, Brittany, France) 48°24'00"N 04°29'00"W; (Camaret-sur-Mer, Brittany, France) 48°16ʹ30ʺN 04°35ʹ46ʺW
1694 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:71,000 approx. | RCIN 724064
The curved trajectories of the mortar bombs fired from the coastal batteries are drawn in red ink, while those of cannon are shown as black straight lines.
Additional text: [bottom left, a key, A-I, K-N, to the Bay of Camaret, the various ships, trenches, batteries, etc.]
Condition: six fold lines; worn along folds; five holes punched along each of left and right edges. Verso: heavy surface dirt along right edge. [See RCINs 724053, 724060, 724062, 724065, 724066, 724067, 724068 for similar punched holes.]
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Navy-SpainNavy-DutchRoyal NavyWatermark: Strasburg bend with lily; countermark: L [?] B
Mark, stamped: 44
Condition: six fold lines; worn along folds; five holes punched along each of left and right edges. Verso: heavy surface dirt along right edge. [See RCINs 724053, 724060, 724062, 724065, 724066, 724067, 724068 for similar punched holes.]
Scale: 1:71,000 approx. Scale bar: 2 LIEÜES [136 mm =].
39.5 x 53.6 cm (neatline)
40.3 x 54.4 cm (image)
41.4 x 55.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
No title
Additional text:
[bottom left, a key, A-I, K-N, to the Bay of Camaret, the various ships, trenches, batteries, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Brest 18 June 1694.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 18 June 1694 [and, black pencil:] 13 [or B] 11; [bottom right, red pencil:] 3/147 [and, black pencil:] IV/82.
George III catalogue entry:
Brest A drawn Plan of the Attack of Brest by the English, on the 18.th of June 1694.
Subject(s)
Brest, Brittany, France (48°24'00"N 04°29'00"W)
Camaret-sur-Mer, Brittany, France (48°16ʹ30ʺN 04°35ʹ46ʺW)
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