The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Map of Rochfort, 1757 (Rochefort, Poitou-Charentes, France) 45°56'00"N 00°53'18"E
1757Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:294,400 approx. | RCIN 732038
The attribution to Robert George Bruce and the dating of the map is based on the annotations on the verso and the style of the map.
The British expeditionary force,commanded by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke and General Sir John Mordaunt, which comprised 12,000 men, had sailed from Chatham and left Spithead on 8 September. This outline map shows the positions from where land was sighted as well as the anchorages.
Condition: two fold lines; induced discolouration on verso.
? Robert George Bruce (d. 1779) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Royal NavyWatermark: Indistinct: VREYHEYT ?
Mark, stamped: 827
Condition: two fold lines; induced discolouration on verso
Scale: 1:294,400 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 5 Lieues [82 mm =].
29.8 x 18.1 cm (neatline)
30.2 x 18.4 cm (image)
30.8 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Rochefort Sep. 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 13/38-2; [bottom left, black pencil:] XV/34 [or 37]; [centre left, ink, obscured by linen:] camp of the Fleet / from Lt Bruce of ye 12. Engr. / Rec Oct. 10; [bottom right, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Aix.
George III catalogue entry:
Rochefort A drawn Map of the coast of France in the Environs of Rochefort relative to the Expedition against that place under the command of Sir Edward Hawke and Sir John Mordaunt in Sept.r 1757.
Subject(s)
Rochefort, Poitou-Charentes, France (45°56'00"N 00°53'18"E)
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