1. Add MS 68936
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 68936
- Title:
- BATTLE OF THE NILE (1798): 'Plan de la rade et presqu'isle d'Aboukir avec la position et les mouvemens des Vaisseaux françois et Anglois au Combat du 14 thermidor an 6.'; 1798 or 1799. Scale circa 1:50000. French. The map is oriented with North-West at the top; prevailing wind direction and soundings are marked. The map represents the battle at the beginning of its second stage, after the French flag-ship L'Orient had blown up. There are some errors in the order of the British ships: on the ...
- Scope & Content:
- Captain Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars, French naval officer: Maps and Plans: Military Tactics: Aboukir Bay, Egypt: Plan of the Battle of the Nile, (1798) , with note of proposed tactics attrib. to Capt. Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars: 1798 or 1799.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1798-1799
- Extent:
- 1 item