The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Encampment at Cancale, 1758
c.1758Pencil on paper | scale: not stated. Not to scale. | RCIN 732058
This rough sketch indicates the approximate positions of the encampment of the expeditionary force just south of Cancale. The lettering of the names ‘la Houlle’ and ‘Cancalle’ is similar to William Roy's hand.
Condition: four fold lines; surface dirt.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Britannia in a crowned quadruple circle within which are the words PRO REGE PRO PATRIA; the letters JW below the crown, in the circle
Mark, stamped: 841
Condition: four fold lines; surface dirt
Scale: not stated. Not to scale
18.6 x 31.2 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Cancalle 6 June 1758.
Other annotations: none
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Sketch of the Encampment of the British Troops under the command of the Duke of Marlborough at Cancalle, on the 6th June 1758. [The same entry appears under the heading Cancalle.]
Subject(s)
Cancale, Brittany, France (48°40'33"N 01°51'08"W)
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