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 thin paper | Scale: 1:36,000 approx. | RCIN 732056.b
A copy of RCIN 732056.a (or vice versa).
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 18.3 x 12.7 cm.
? Sir David Dundas (1735-1820) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 839A
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 18.3 x 12.7 cm
Scale: 1:36,000 approx. [Scale bar incomplete] Scale of Miles [139 mm =].
31.5 x 49.4 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Cancalle and S.t Malo 5-12 June 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil, in Mason's hand?]: VIII/57. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 8/3[-?].
George III catalogue entry:
Malo, S.t A drawn Map of the Coast of Bretagne 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.
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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