Map of Pondicherry, 1760-61 (Puducherry, Tamil Nādu, India) 11°55'48"N 79°49'48"E

John Call (1732-1801) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline, surveyor/draughtsman:] Pondicherry 6.^th Febry 1761 J. Call Chief Eng.^r.

Subject(s)

Watermark: None

Mark, stamped: 918

Condition: no fold lines; surface dirt. Verso: induced discolouration

Scale: 1:10,550 approx. Scale bar: 600 yarden. [53 mm =].

30.5 x 48.2 cm (neatline)

32.4 x 56.5 cm (image)

34.1 x 57.8 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

To Charles Stevens Esq.^r Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majestys Fleet, and Commander in Chief of the Naval Forces in India, This Plan of Pondichery and the Attacks is address’d By his Very Obedient Humble Servant / John Call Chief Eng.^r [bottom, across bottom of map, in rectangular panel]

Additional text:

[left, down left side of map in rectangular panel, a key, A-H, J-L, to the redoubts and batteries and attacks on the city:] References.

Annotations:

George III heading: Pondicherry 27 Sep. 1760 - 16 Jan. 1761.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] XVI/81-b.

George III catalogue entry:

Pondicherry. A drawn Plan of Pondicherry with the Attacks of the English Army under the command of Colonel Coote in 1760 and 1761: by John Call chief Eng.^r 6 Feb.^y 1761.