The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Plan of Fort Royal, 1762 (Fort-de-France, Martinique) 14°36'32"N 61°04'24"W
c.1762Pencil, ink and watercolour on eight sheets of paper, joined | Scale: 1:3,500 approx. | RCIN 733042
The actions portrayed on this map lasted from 16 January to 4 February when the French capitulated and the island of Martinique had surrendered. The British were commanded by Major-General Robert Monckton (1726-82; Governor and Commander in Chief of New York Province) and Rear-Admiral George Rodney (bap.1718-92). The French were under the orders of Francis V of Beauharnais (1714-1800). The British retained control of the island until the end of the war and then returned it, together with Guadeloupe, to the French.
Condition: six fold lines; creased; very worn and torn; some old repairs to tears; heavy surface dirt along left and right edges. Verso: ink splashes; induced discolouration; heavy surface dirt along left edge. The old repairs on the verso have been made with strips of white paper; on one of these is the date 1789; this is consistent with what we know about the dates of cataloguing and organisation of the collection. The dated paper looks as if it was scrap.
Patrick Mackellar (1717-78) (draughtsman) [signed:] Pat: Mackellar Maj.r & C[hief]. Engineer
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Army-GBWatermark: Multiple marks on different sheets: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters L V G below; countermark: I H S [cross on H] above IVILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 1074
Condition: six fold lines; creased; very worn and torn; some old repairs to tears; heavy surface dirt along left and right edges. Verso: ink splashes; induced discolouration; heavy surface dirt along left edge. The old repairs on the verso have been made with strips of white paper; on one of these is the date 1789; this is consistent with what we know about the dates of cataloguing and organisation of the collection. The dated paper looks as if it was scrap
Scale: 1:3,500 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de Toises 200 [112 mm =].
98.0 x 250.5 cm (image and neatline)
101.3 x 254.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN of FORT-ROYAL in MARTINICO with a part of the adjacent / Ground, shewing the Landing of the British Army commanded by his Excellency / the Honbl. Major General Monckton, the 16th. January 1762, His Attack of the Enemy / upon the 24th. of the same Month, His Troops taking Possession of the Morne Garnier / the 27th. and the Batterys erected to reduce the Fort which Capitulated the 4th. of / February following. / Copy chiefly from a French Plan and partly Sketched / N.B. The Works of the Enemy are coloured blew.
Annotations:
George III heading: [black pencil:] Fort Royal [no date].
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, twentienth-century hand?:] XIII/42. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, in Owen Morshead's hand:] XV/29A; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, in a modern hand:] Too damaged to film CMB Jan '87; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 1074 [the number is stamped on a label on the recto]; [bottom, left of centre, ink on a printed label:] Plan of Port Royal (Martinique) 1794.
K. Mil. dummy sheet:
Title [ink:] A drawn Plan of Fort Royal in Martinico; with a part of the adjacent ground; shewing the landing / of the British Army under General Monckton, 16.th Jany.. 1762, his attack of the enemy on the 24.th, his troops / taking possession of Morne Garnier on the 27.th and the Battery erected to reduce the Fort, which capitulated / the 4.th of Feb.y following: - copied chiefly from a French Plan and partly sketched by Major Pat. Mackellar Eng.r / 8 sheets. - with Copies of the Gazettes containing the accounts of the operations. / A Roll ... [black pencil:] 5 Table 2.d / [George III heading, red ink:] Fort Royal 16 Jan. - 4 Feb. 1762 [black pencil, in a modern hand:] Missing. The Gazettes are still missing.
Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the monogram B&W below.
Size: 47.1 x 32.7 cm (sheet).George III catalogue entry:
Fort Royal A drawn Plan of Fort Royal in Martinico, with a part of the adjacent ground, shewing the landing of the British Army under General Monckton, 16.th Jan.y 1762, his attack of the Enemy on the 24.th his Troops taking possession of Morne Garnier on the 27.th and the Battery erected to reduce the Fort, which capitulated the 4.th of Feb.y following: copied chiefly from a French Plan and partly sketched by Major Pat. Mackellar Eng.r 8 sheets: with Copies of the Gazettes containing the accounts of the Operations.
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Fort-de-France, Martinique (14°36'32"N 61°04'24"W)
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