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PLAN of the ATTACK against FORT LOUIS now FORT GEORGE, at Point à Pitre on the / ISLAND of GUADALOUPE: By a Squadron of his Majesty’s Ships of War, detached from Commodore MOORE, & Commanded by Cap.t W.M HARMAN, on the 14 February 1759
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PLAN of the ATTACK against FORT LOUIS now FORT GEORGE, at Point à Pitre on the / ISLAND of GUADALOUPE: By a Squadron of his Majesty’s Ships of War, detached from Commodore MOORE, & Commanded by Cap.t W.M HARMAN, on the 14 February 1759 |
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English: A map of the British naval attack on Fort Louis, Guadaloupe, 14 February 1759. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north-west to top (compass rose).
The ships of war named in the key are Berwick, Panther, Renown, Roebuck, Winchester, Woolwich. Insets: [bottom left:] PLAN / of the HARBOUR of / POINT a PITRE / on the / ISLAND of GUADALOUPE. Scale: 1:73,200 approx. Scale bar: Two Miles [44 mm =]. Size: 18.1 x 20.3 cm (neatline). Dedication: [top centre:] To the Right Honourable Edward Boscawen / ADMIRAL of the BLUE SQUADRON of his MAJESTYS FLEET / General of the Marines / One of the Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of / Lord High Admiral of Great Britain & Ireland, / and one of his Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council, / This Plan is most Humbly Inscribed / By his most Obliged & Obedient / Humble Serv.t / Tho.s Jefferys. Additional text: [left, a key to the names of the ships depicted, A-I, K:] REFERENCES. Annotations:Fort George 14 Feb. 1759. Other annotations: none. George III catalogue entry: George, Fort Plan of the attack against Fort Louis, now Fort George, at Point a Pitre on the Island of Guadaloupe, by a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships of War detached from Commodore Moore, and commanded by Captain W.m Harman, on the 14.th of Feb.y 1759: by Lieut Col.l Rycaut RM: published by Jefferys, 1760. |
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| Depicted place | Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (16°14'31"N 61°32'03"W) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | etching and engraving | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Scale: 1:6,500 approx. Scale bar: Scale of Yards 500 [70 mm =]; 32.0 x 45.8 cm (neatline); 32.8 x 46.1 cm (image); 33.6 x 47.0 cm (platemark); 37.0 x 51.1 cm (sheet) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://militarymaps.rct.uk/the-seven-years-war-1756-63/pointe-a-pitre-1759-plan-of-the-attack-against-fort | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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