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Map of Usedom, 1715 (Usedom Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) 54°00'00"N 14°00'00"E
1715 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 726088
The action shown here was part of the Pomeranian Campaign of 1715-1716, in which an Allied army of Prussian, Danish and Saxon troops fought against the Swedes in the Swedish areas of northern Germany. This sketch, shows the Danish fleet, comprising ships of the line and flat barges and frigates, commanded by Vice Admiral Christian Thomesen Sehested (1664-1736).
The map shows the island of Grips Wals Oe (Greifswalder Oie 54°14'37"N 13°54'39"E) and the peninsula of ‘Iserhoved’ (Thiessow 54°16'38"N 13°42'56"E) on the island of Ruden.
Condition: one fold line; tears to top and bottom of fold repaired on verso with paper strips pasted to back. Verso: surface dirt.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Navy-DenmarkNavy-SwedenWatermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 152
Condition: one fold line; tears to top and bottom of fold repaired on verso with paper strips pasted to back. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: not stated
38.6 x 31.2 cm (neatline)
39.2 x 31.7 cm (image)
41.4 x 34.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Usedom July 1715.
Other annotations: (Recto) [several black pencil annotations to the detail on the face of the map in at least two different hands. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] B.25; [bottom left, black pencil:] VII/[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Usedom A drawn Plan of the position of the Danish and Swedish Fleets before the Island of Usedom in July 1715.
Subject(s)
Usedom Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (54°00'00"N 14°00'00"E)
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