The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Map of Cancale and Saint-Malo, 1758 (Cancale, Brittany, France) 48°40'33"N 01°51'08"W; (Saint-Malo, Brittany, France) 48°39'00"N 02°01'00"W
c.1758Pen, ink and watercolour on two pieces of thin paper, joined | Scale: 1:23,000 approx. | RCIN 732055.c
This map shows the same military detail as RCINs 732055.a and b, but differs in the way that the topographical detail is rendered. It is probable that both maps are stylised representations of fields, woods, orchards and cultivated land.
An entry for a 'drawn plan on thin paper' of 'St. Malos & part of the coast of Britagne' appears in the listing of Lieutenant-General Robert Napier's maps (RA Cumberland Papers Vol. 6/12), but it is not possible to identify, with certainty, this map with that entry. Napier (c.1703-66), was Adjutant General and Secretary for Military Affairs to the Duke of Cumberland.
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration.
? William Roy (1726-90) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: None
Mark, stamped: 838
Scale: 1:23,000 approx. Scale bar: Eschelle [sic] d'une Lieu [191 mm =].
31.1 x 78.9 cm (image and neatline)
31.5 x 79.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Cancalle and S.t Malo 5-12 June 1758.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Cancalle A drawn Map of the Bay and Coast 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. Malo, S.t A drawn Map of the Bay and Coast from Concalle to S.t Malo relative to the Expedition under the Duke of Marlborough in June 1758: inclosing two copies 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)
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