The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Louisbourg, 1758
A PLAN of the Coast of GABARUS BAY from the West end of / KENNINGTON COVE to WHITE POINT shewing the several / Batteries and Retrenchments made by the FRENCH to oppose / the landing of his BRITANICK MAJESTY’S Troops
1758 or laterPencil, pen, ink and some watercolour on three sheets of paper, joined; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:4,800 approx. | RCIN 732059.b
This copy is not quite identical to RCIN 732059.a; there are very slight differences in the placing of detail.
Additional text: [left, inside border, a key, A-I, K-O, continued on the right side of the map, P-T, V-Z, a-b, d, to the details on the map:] REFERENCES.
Condition: six fold lines; formerly torn in half along central vertical fold; former 8.1 cm tear along bottom of left fold line; ink smudges on scale statement. Verso: induced discolouration; bottom right, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
C.G. Kennedy (active 1758) (surveyor and draughtsman) [below title:] By C.G. Kennedy
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 843
Condition: six fold lines; formerly torn in half along central vertical fold; former 8.1 cm tear along bottom of left fold line; ink smudges on scale statement. Verso: induced discolouration; bottom right, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:4,800 approx. This PLAN is laid down to a Scale of 400 Feet to an Inch [130 mm =] 2000 Feet; [205 mm =] 1000 Yards.
28.2 x 137.1 cm (neatline)
29.9 x 138.4 cm (image)
30.5 x 139.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN of the Coast of GABARUS BAY from the West end of / KENNINGTON COVE to WHITE POINT shewing the several / Batteries and Retrenchments made by the FRENCH to oppose / the landing of his BRITANICK MAJESTY’S Troops. [top centre]
Additional text:
[left, inside border, a key, A-I, K-O, continued on the right side of the map, P-T, V-Z, a-b, d, to the details on the map:] REFERENCES.
Annotations:
George III heading: Louisbourg 8 June 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right of centre, red pencil, in Mason's hand:] 63.
George III catalogue entry:
Louisbourg A drawn Plan of the Coast of Gabarus Bay in the vicinity of Louisburg, from the West end of Kennington Cove to White Point, shewing the several Batteries and Entrenchments made by the French to oppose the landing of His Britannic Majesty’s Troops under Major General Amherst on the 8.th of June 1758: by Captain Kennedy. 3 small sheets; inclosing another copy of D.o.
Subject(s)
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada (45°55'00"N 59°57'54"E)
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