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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)

Havana, 1762 (Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba) 23°07'58"N 82°22'58"W

c.1762

Pen and ink on paper | 45.2 x 31.8 cm (image) | RCIN 733046.b

References to the map of Havana (RCIN 733046.a). These references give details of the movements, actions, and positions of the troops, the strength and location of the batteries, etc.

Condition: no fold lines; slight discolouration.
  • Sir David Dundas (1735-1820) (draughtsman)

    Subject(s)

    Royal Navy
  • Watermark: J VILLEDARY

    Mark, stamped: 943

    Condition: no fold lines; slight discolouration

  • 45.2 x 31.8 cm (image)

    47.9 x 36.5 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    REFERENCES [top centre]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Havana 7 June – 12 Aug. 1762.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, erased:] XVII/[4?] 1-b.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Havana A drawn Plan of the Siege of the Havana by the British Forces commanded by the Earl of Albemarle and Admiral Sir George Pocock, from the landing of the Troops on the 7.th of June to the capitulation of the Town on the 12.th of August 1762. 2 sheets, and a seperate sheet of References.

  • Subject(s)

    Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba (23°07'58"N 82°22'58"W)

Page revisions

  • 5 June 2024