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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

? SIR DAVID DUNDAS (1735-1820)

Cancale and Saint-Malo, 1758

c.1758

Pen, ink and watercolour on thin paper | Scale: 1:36,000 approx. | RCIN 732056.b

An outline sketch of the coast and country inland showing the division between enclosed and open country, and the routes of the columns of march and camping grounds. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south to top.

A copy of RCIN 732056.a (or vice versa).

Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 18.3 x 12.7 cm.
  • ? Sir David Dundas (1735-1820) (surveyor and draughtsman)

  • Watermark: None

    Mark, stamped: 839A

    Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 18.3 x 12.7 cm

  • Scale: 1:36,000 approx. [Scale bar incomplete] Scale of Miles [139 mm =].

    31.5 x 49.4 cm (image and sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    No title

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Cancalle and S.Malo 5-12 June 1758.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil, in Mason's hand?]: VIII/57. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 8/3[-?].

    George III catalogue entry:

    Malo, S.t A drawn Map of the Coast of Bretagne from Cancalle to S.t Malo relative to the Expedition under the Duke of Marlborough in June 1758: inclosing a copy of D.o on thin paper.

  • Subject(s)

    Cancale, Brittany, France (48°40'33"N 01°51'08"W)

    Saint-Malo, Brittany, France (48°39'00"N 02°01'00"W)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024