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Siege of Stralsund, 1715
Plan der Festung STRAHLSUNDT, und dessen nechst anleigende Gegendt. / Wie solche von seiner König: Majest: in Preussen, und dero hohe Allÿrte Anno 1715 den 15 Julÿ berennet, und mit einer Contre = / Vallations Linie...
1715 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper; gilt edges | Scale: 1:11,700 approx. | RCIN 726090
This map shows the detail of the fortifications, together with the layout of the siege trenches to the south-east and south-west of Stralsund, and the lines of circumvallation. There is no explanation to the letters on the map.
This map has been removed from a volume, made about 1719 or later, of manuscript maps and plans of sieges. Other maps, perhaps in a different hand but, apparently from the same volume, are scattered throughout the collection: RCINs [724061], [724090], 725007, 725009, 725011, 725013, 725021, 725023, 725027, 725030, 725032, 725041, [725044], 725045, 725047, [725055], 725074, 725087, 725098, 726007, 726014, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014. Additional text: [top centre, in title panel, a brief account of some of the events which took place between 19 July and 19 December 1715]; [top right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K, to several churches in town, gates and a sea passage].
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 154
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard
Scale: 1:11,700 approx. Scale bar: Maastab von 400 Ruhten [129 mm =].
50.2 x 71.7 cm (neatline)
51.0 x 72.4 cm (image)
52.7 x 74.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan der Festung STRAHLSUNDT, und dessen nechst anleigende Gegendt. / Wie solche von seiner König: Majest: in Preussen, und dero hohe Allÿrte Anno 1715 den 15 Julÿ berennet, und mit einer Contre = / Vallations Linie eingeschlossen, demnach attacquiret, und erobert worden. [top centre, in irregularly-shaped panel]
Additional text:
[top centre, in title panel, a brief account of some of the events which took place between 19 July and 19 December 1715]; [top right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K, to several churches in town, gates and a sea passage].
Annotations:
George III heading: Stralsund 15 July - 21 Dec.r 1715.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 32. (Verso) [top right, ink:] 32; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 6/5; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] VII[/?]; [top, right of centre, black pencil, erased and illegible].
George III catalogue entry:
Stralsund Plan dessiné de la Ville de Stralsund assiegée par les Alliés et prise le 21 Dec.re 1715.
Subject(s)
Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (54°18'32"N 13°04'54"E)
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