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
Pondicherry, 1748
A / GENERAL / PLAN of / PONDICHERRY / Camp and Attack
1748 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper; joined | Scale: 1:10,160 approx. | RCIN 731043.2.a
A map of the British camp and attack of Pondicherry, 1748. First Carnatic War (1746-8). Oriented with east to top.
The British combined operations to besiege French-held Pondicherry were commanded by Admiral Boscawen. The siege lasted from 6 September to 11 October when, having achieved nothing, Boscawen decided to raise the siege. The campsites of the besieging forces are shown on this map.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: see Heawood 1809-1810, plate 248
Mark, stamped: 757
Condition: five fold lines; paper very brittle, many small tears to edges. Verso: eight old repairs, using paper, to small tears; induced discolouration; surface dirt
Scale: 1:10,160 approx. Scale bar: A Scale of Feet [60 mm =] 2000.
60.3 x 92.6 cm (image and neatline)
60.9 x 93.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A / GENERAL / PLAN of / PONDICHERRY / Camp and Attack. [top centre, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[top left, in a trompe l'oeil scroll, a key, A-I, K-T, to the military features on the map:] REFERENCES.
Annotations:
George III heading: Pondicherry Aug.t - Oct.r 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, in eighteenth-early nineteenth-century hand, perhaps a sale number and the price paid:] No 203 - ,, 15 - ; [bottom right, black pencil, indistinct]; [bottom right, black pencil, erased and partly legible:] 16 J[…] 1761; [bottom right, black pencil:] it L.
George III catalogue entry:
Pondicherry A drawn general Plan of Pondicherry Camp and Attack in 1748. 2 sheets.
Subject(s)
Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India (11°55'48"N 79°49'48"E)
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