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 Mantua, 1701 (Mantova, Lombardy, Italy) 45°09'37"N 10°47'52"E
1721 or laterEngraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:208,000 approx. | RCIN 725003
This map was previously published in Pieter Mortier's Atlas Nouveau a l'Usage de Monsieur le Duc de Bourgogne. Shirley (2004, vol.1, p.729) lists it as item 74 in Vol.2 of the atlas (BL Maps C.39.f.14/2). Mortier's atlas was itself an augmented edition of Alexis Hubert Jaillot and Pieter Mortier's Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Touts les Parties du Monde ... [1692] (Shirley, 2004, vol.1, pp.580-82) to which new maps, including this, were added. The first edition of Jaillot's atlas was based on work by Nicolas Sanson (1600-67). Mortier did, however, attribute the authorship of some maps to Sanson for which there was no basis in fact (van Egmond, 2004, pp.107-8). Mortier's earlier version of this map has the same title but the imprint reads: 'à AMSTERDAM chez P. MORTIER Avec Privil. / On vend chez le mesme trois diferente Plans de Mantoue tres belle et toutte les autres Villes d'Italie.'.
This map shows the routes by which Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), commanding the Imperial army, entered northern Italy on his way to Milan. The campsites of his winter quarters in 1701 are clearly depicted west of Mantova.
Additional text: [bottom right, in a cartouche decorated with images of a soldier in Roman uniform holding, on his left arm, a shield with the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, and another, semi-naked, figure holding a mask and dagger, with further soldiers behind: the scale bars and the explanations of the symbols used on the map.]
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration. Verso, bottom, right of centre: shadow and remnants of Cumberland's cipher label.
? Nicolas Sanson (1600-67) (cartographer)
Covens & Mortier : Amsterdam (Johannes Covens (1697-1774) and Cornelis Mortier (1699-1783)) (cartographer and publisher) [top, following on from title:] Par le Sr. SANSON. Geograp. du Roy. à AMSTERDAM chez J. CÓVENS et C. MORTIER.
Subject(s)
Army-Holy Roman EmpireArmy-FranceWatermark: None
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration. Verso, bottom, right of centre: shadow and remnants of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:208,000 approx. Scale bars: Dix Milles d'Italie [89 mm =]; Lieües d'une heure de Chemin [80 mm = 3]; Petites Lieües de France [89 mm = 5].
47.0 x 56.0 cm (neatline)
51.3 x 58.2 cm (image)
53.0 x 59.8 cm (platemark)
55.1 x 63.9 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Carte Nouvelle DU DUCHÉ DE MANTOUE Levée par ordre Exprès. à L’USAGE des ARMÉES en ITALIE; où sont / Exactement Marqués les GRANDS CHEMINS, les ROUTES des IMPERIAUX &c. [top, outside border]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in a cartouche decorated with images of a soldier in Roman uniform holding, on his left arm, a shield with the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, and another, semi-naked, figure holding a mask and dagger, with further soldiers behind: the scale bars and the explanations of the symbols used on the map.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Mantua 1701.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 117; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 5; [top right, black pencil:] 1701; [top right, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] b.; [bottom right, black pencil:] 7; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, cropped and illegible]; [right centre, red pencil, crossed out in red pencil:] 5; [right centre, red pencil:] 1.
George III catalogue entry:
Mantua Carte nouvelle du Duché de Mantoue à l'usage des Armées en Italie, ou sont marqués les Grands Chemins, les Routes des Imperiaux &.c 1701: par le S.r Sanson, chez Covens et Mortier.
Subject(s)
Mantova, Lombardy, Italy (45°09'37"N 10°47'52"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. van Egmond, ‘Covens & Mortier. A map publishing house in Amsterdam 1685-1866’, Utrecht Studies in the History of Cartography 8, Houten, 2009
R. Shirley, Maps in the atlases of the British Library; a descriptive catalogue c.A.D. 8501800, 2 vols, London, 2004
