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
Sas van Gent, 1748
Carte particuliere depuis le fort de / Saint Andre jusques a trois quart de / Lieues audessus du fort Biervliet, et / les Environs D’axel et de Terneuse avec / une partie de la flotte de Mr. le Marechal / de Louwendal...
1748 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:41,300 approx. | RCIN 731004
The draughtsman of this map appears to have distinguished the land between high and low water marks by stippling over a red wash. Polders, described as an expanse of land surrounded by embankments, are named and mainly coloured with a greenish wash; what appear to be the embankments are coloured yellow and may also have carried roads; the double pecked lines may have been old embankments, redundant once the land had been reclaimed, but possibly marking the existence of a track or road. The map covers the area between Fort Philipine (Philippine 51°16'51"N 03°45'35"E), Axel (51°16'00"N 03°54'30"E), and Terneuse (Terneuzen 51°20'09"N 03°49'40"E).
Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel:] polder signifie une Etendue de / paiis Environné de digues [and a symbol which:] signifie Redoutes [in a different hand, or written later:] chaque son / ocupé au [bort] de la Schelde / de 20 home et 1 lieutenant il se trouve / dans ces Redoutte [?].
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Indistinct: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield
Mark, stamped: 719
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt
Scale: 1:41,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de trois quart de Lieues de Brabant [118 mm =].
54.3 x 51.4 cm (image and neatline)
58.5 x 53.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Carte particuliere depuis le fort de / Saint Andre jusques a trois quart de / Lieues audessus du fort Biervliet, et / les Environs D’axel et de Terneuse avec / une partie de la flotte de Mr. le Marechal / de Louwendal levé tres Exactement sur / les lieux le 3e mars 1748. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rectangular panel:] polder signifie une Etendue de / paiis Environné de digues [and a symbol which:] signifie Redoutes [in a different hand, or written later:] chaque son / ocupé au [bort] de la Schelde / de 20 home et 1 lieutenant il se trouve / dans ces Redoutte [?].
Annotations:
George III heading: Environs of Axel, Sas of Ghent and Ter Neuse 3 March 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right centre, edge, black pencil:] 62 [and] 13; [bottom right, black pencil:] 15; [right edge, black pencil, indistinct:] Sas de Gent [& Axel –fr.?]; [bottom left, black pencil:] Dutch Flanders. [top left, black pencil, indistinct:] CXXVII; [top centre, red pencil:] 63.
George III catalogue entry:
Sas of Ghent Carte dessinée des Environs d'Axel, Sas de Gand et Ter Neuse, avec une partie de la Flotte du Marechal de Louwendal, le 3 Mars 1748. [The same entry appears under the headings Axel and Ter Neuse.]
Subject(s)
Sas van Gent, Zeeland, Netherlands (51°13'39"N 03°47'55"E)
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