The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Siege of Havana, 1762
A PLAN of the SIEGE of the HAVANA, / Drawn by an OFFICER on the Spot. 1762
1762 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:57,000 approx. | RCIN 733049
This is a diagrammatic sketch compared with the sophistication of Kitchin's map at RCIN 733048, and is similar to the unpolished sketches at RCINs 733045.a, b.
Additional text: [top left, a key, 1-22, to the landing places of the troops, the march routes, encampments, batteries, the ships and their targets, etc:] References.
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration to edges. Verso: brown smudges.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G below
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration to edges. Verso: brown smudges
Scale: not stated. 1:57,000 approx.
21.7 x 36.7 cm (image and neatline)
23.1 x 37.6 cm (platemark)
27.7 x 41.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
A PLAN of the SIEGE of the HAVANA, / Drawn by an OFFICER on the Spot. 1762. [top, left of centre]
Additional text:
[top left, a key, 1-22, to the landing places of the troops, the march routes, encampments, batteries, the ships and their targets, etc:] References.
Annotations:
George III heading: Havana 7 June - 12 Aug. 1762.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, ink, cropped:] 13/[?]; [bottom right, black pencil, cropped:] XVI/[?]; [top left, black pencil, erased:] XVII/[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Havana A Plan of the Siege of the Havana in 1762.
Subject(s)
Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba (23°07'58"N 82°22'58"W)
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