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Map of Bielefeld and Paderborn, 1757 (Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52°02'00"N 08°32'00"E; (Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia) 51°43'08"N 08°45'15"E
1757Black and brown ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:146,000 approx. | RCIN 732013
Note that the orientation of the map is in the direction of travel. Overheide was commissioned as a Captain of the Hanoverian Engineers on 29 May 1748 [RCIN 733070]; he was still a Captain in 1762.
Additional text: [down right side of map, an assessment of the different routes, beginning with the ordinary main road, which can be taken between Bielefeld and Paderborn.]
Condition: two fold lines; brown stains; bottom left [recto], water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label. Verso: foxing.
J.A. Overheide (active 1738-62) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right:] [JA] Overheide [at] Schilsche 14 Maÿ 1757.
Watermark: Amsterdam coat of arms
Mark, stamped: 805
Condition: two fold lines; brown stains; bottom left [recto], water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label. Verso: foxing
Scale: 1:146,000 approx. Scale bar: 3 Stunden [100 mm =].
39.7 x 30.7 cm (image)
40.8 x 31.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Relations Carte / Von dem examinirten Routen und Wegen / so von Bielefeld ab nach Paderborn [?]. [top right]
Additional text:
[down right side of map, an assessment of the different routes, beginning with the ordinary main road, which can be taken between Bielefeld and Paderborn.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Proposed March from Bielefeld to Paderborn 14 May 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 2. (Verso) [top left, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by linen:] March Route; [bottom right, black pencil, obscured by linen:] 3A.
George III catalogue entry:
March A drawn Map with a Report of the Roads between Bielefeld and Paderborn: by J.A. Overheide Eng.r 14 May 1757 [The same entry occurs under the headings Bielefeld and Paderborn.]
Subject(s)
Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°02'00"N 08°32'00"E)
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia (51°43'08"N 08°45'15"E)
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