War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Map of Blenheim and Höchstädt, 1704 (Blindheim, Bavaria, Germany) 48°37'53"N 10°37'11"E; (Höchstädt an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany) 48°36'40"N 10°34'05"E
1704 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; some hand-colouring | Scale: 1:220,000 approx. | RCIN 725036
This map shows the camps of the French and Allied armies on their way to Blenheim, passing from Friedberg and Augsburg in the south-east, north to the confrontation at the Schellenberg at Donawert, west to Höchstädt where the Battle of Blenheim took place. The larger-scale maps illustrate the storming of the Schellenberg by the Allies on 2 July, the Battle of Blenheim on 13 August, and the French and Allied camps at Augsburg and Friedberg.
The map covers an area from Heydenheim (Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg 48°40'40"N 10°09'05"E) in the north-west to Pertlzheim (Bertoldsheim 48°44'40"N 11°00'58"E) in the north-east, and from Hiltesem (Hüttisheim 48°16'46"N 09°56'32"E) in the south-west to Fridburg (Friedberg) in the south-east.
Insets: [bottom, below main map, three subsidiary maps, left to right:] Schellenberg and Donawert. Size: 10.0 x 15.3 cm (neatline); Hochstett. Size: 10.0 x 17.0 cm (neatline); Augsburg. Size: 10.0 x 15.0 cm (neatline).
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard; surface dirt along right edge.
Nicolaas Visscher II (1649-1702) (publisher and publisher) [bottom centre, below French title:] Par N: Visscher avec Privilegie.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard; surface dirt along right edge
Scale: 1:220,000 approx. Scale bar: Fransche Mylen ofte Uren Gaans. [56 mm =] 2.
39.5 x 47.8 cm (image)
39.8 x 48.4 cm (platemark)
26.4 x 46.3 cm (neatline of main map)
44.2 x 54.2 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Nieuwe Kaart, van’t Land Donawert, en Hochstett &c. alwaar de Roemwaardige Battaille, zyn voor gevallen door den / Hartog van Marlebourg en Prins Eugenius, teegens de Ceur Vorst van Beyeren, en de Grave Tallard, den 13 Aúgústús 1704. [in Dutch and French: top, above map border]
Printed title:
Nouvelle Cart du pais de Donawert et Hochstett / &c. ou la memorable Bataille sest donnee Par / le Duc de Marlebourg et le Prince Eugene / de Savoye, contre L’electeur de Baviere et le / Comte de Tallard le 13 Aoust 1704. [bottom centre, in cartouche representing a stone plinth]
Insets:
[bottom, below main map, three subsidiary maps, left to right:] Schellenberg and Donawert. Size: 10.0 x 15.3 cm (neatline); Hochstett. Size: 10.0 x 17.0 cm (neatline); Augsburg. Size: 10.0 x 15.0 cm (neatline).
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Blenheim 13 August 1704.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 37. (Verso) [top right, ink:] 37.
George III catalogue entry:
Blenheim Carte du Pays de Donawert et Hochstett, où la Bataille s'est donnée par le Duc de Marlborough et le Prince Eugene contre l'Electeur de Baviere et le Comte de Tallard, le 13 d'Aoust 1704; par Visscher.
Subject(s)
Blindheim, Bavaria, Germany (48°37'53"N 10°37'11"E)
Höchstädt an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany (48°36'40"N 10°34'05"E)
