The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
St Cast, 1758
c.1758Pen and ink and watercolour on thin paper | Scale: 1:40,900 approx. | RCIN 732078.b
This appears to be a tracing of RCIN 732078.a; the pricking through holes from the copying process match on both sheets.
Condition: four fold lines; creased; double pin holes top centre and bottom centre.
? John Cleeve Pleydell (1736-1816) (draughtsman)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 867
Condition: four fold lines; creased; double pin holes top centre and bottom centre
Scale: 1:40,900 approx. Scale bar: Scale of English Miles 3 [118 mm =].
31.1 x 53.1 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: S.t Cas 7-11 Sep. 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 10/3. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, in Mason's hand?:] VIII/[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Cas, S.t A drawn Map of the Bay of S.t Cas in Bretagne and the adjacent country relative to the Expedition under General Bligh in September 1758: inclosing another copy of D.o on thin paper and a copy of a Letter giving an account of the Expedition.
Subject(s)
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Brittany, France (48°37'49"N 02°15'27"W)
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