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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

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      Map of the Battle of Minden, 1759 (Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E

      1759 or later

      Engraving and etching; printed on paper; reverse window mounted on paper | Scale: not stated. Not to scale. | RCIN 732116

      A map of the Battle of Minden, 1 August 1759. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south-east to top.

      A very crudely executed little plan of the battle, perhaps removed from a magazine, journal, or history.

      Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge of map.

      • Anonymous (cartographer)

        Subject(s)

        Army-France
        Army-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)

      • Watermark: Map: none visible. Mount: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield - the bottom half cropped.

        Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge of map

      • Scale: not stated. Not to scale.

        6.1 x 9.6 cm (image, neatline and sheet)

        32.8 x 22.9 cm (mount)

      • Manuscript title:

        Battle of / Tondenhausen / fought Augt, 1 / 1759. [bottom right, in rectangular panel with ornamental border]

        Annotations:

        George III heading: Battle of Minden 1 Aug. 1759.

        Other annotations: none.

        George III catalogue entry:

        Minden A small Plan of the Battle of Tondenhausen or Minden fought on the 1.st of Aug.t 1759.

      • Subject(s)

        Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E)

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