War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Hesse-Kassel, Frankfurt, Mainz and Hanau, 1743
1743 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper | 1:174,500 approx. | RCIN 728111
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 7.8 x 11.8 cm; small tears to two folds, left and right.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Cropped: horn in shield surmounted by a crown; countermark: I Dockter
Mark, stamped: 337
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 7.8 x 11.8 cm; small tears to two folds, left and right
Scale: 1:174,500 approx. Scale bar: Echelles des trois Lieux [83 mm =].
18.4 x 47.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Cantonments on the River Mayn 1743.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Cantonment A drawn Plan of the Cantonments of the Austrian, British and Hannoverian Troops on the River Mayn in 1743. [The same entry appears under the heading Mayn.]
Subject(s)
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany (50°06'55"N 08°41'03"E)
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°59'03"N 08°16'44"E)
Hanau am Main, Hesse, Germany (50"08'00"N 08"55'00"E)
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