The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Havana, 1762 (Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba) 23°07'58"N 82°22'58"W
c.1762Pencil, ink and watercolour on two pieces of thin paper, joined | Scale: 1:24,000 | RCIN 733047
The attribution to David Dundas is made on stylistic grounds. This appears to be a preliminary drawing for the fair copy of the map which is at RCIN 733046.a.
Formerly kept in a rough buff rag folder with the old heading written on the outside.
Condition: eight fold lines; formerly folded to 15.7 x 8.9 cm; creased; brown discolouration; two tears repaired on verso with thin paper. Verso: induced discolouration.
? Sir David Dundas (1735-1820) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Royal NavyWatermark: None
Mark, stamped: 944
Condition: eight fold lines; formerly folded to 15.7 x 8.9 cm; creased; brown discolouration; two tears repaired on verso with thin paper. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:24,000. Scale bar: Scale. 2000 feet to an Inch.
51.1 x 60.8 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Havana 7 June - 12 Aug. 1762.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] VIII/72.
George III catalogue entry:
Havana A drawn Plan of the Siege of the Havana by the British Forces in 1762.
Subject(s)
Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba (23°07'58"N 82°22'58"W)
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