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Map of Usedom and Ruden, 1715 (Usedom Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) 54°00'00"N 14°00'00"E; (Ruden Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) 54°12'22"N 13°46'17"E
1715 or laterPencil, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. Not to scale. | RCIN 726087
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, in Danish, shows the Danish fleet, comprising ships of the line and flat barges and frigates, commanded by Vice Admiral Christian Thomesen Sehested (1664-1736).
The sketch is not drawn to scale. It shows the island of Grips Wals Oe (Greifswalder Oie 54°14'37"N 13°54'39"E) to the left, and Fresendorp (now Freesendorfer See 54°09'45"N 13°41'15"E). The ‘esckwends batterie’ is located on the peninsula of ‘Iserhoved’ (Thiessow 54°16'38"N 13°42'56"E) on the island of Rugen.
Condition: no fold lines. Trimmed to edge of image; edges repaired with paper strips. Verso: surface dirt.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Navy-SwedenNavy-DenmarkWatermark: Indistinct, two letters
Mark, stamped: 151
Condition: no fold lines. Trimmed to edge of image; edges repaired with paper strips. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: not stated. Not to scale.
24.8 x 35.2 cm (neatline)
26.7 x 37.3 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Usedom July 1715.
Other annotations: (Recto) [on the face of the map, left, black pencil, in a later hand:] Oster Dieffe. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, cropped and illegible]; [top left, black pencil:] VII; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Usedom.
George III catalogue entry:
Usedom A drawn Plan of the position of the Danish and Swedish Fleets before the Island of Usedom on the Coast of Pomerania in July 1715.
Subject(s)
Usedom Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (54°00'00"N 14°00'00"E)
Ruden Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (54°12'22"N 13°46'17"E)
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