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ADD MS 89443

Record Id:
032-003725110
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003725110
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100112273890.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
ADD MS 89443
Title:
The Plane of the Towne and Mole of Tanger Discovering by ye little square Dott's the Mines which were made in ye Upper and Yorke Castle and Round the Towne By ye Rt. Honble the Ld Dartmouth for its demolishment.
Scope & Content:

A manuscript map of the town of Tangier, produced by the military engineer Thomas Phillips as part of the English mission to evacuate and destroy the town in 1683-4. The mission was led by George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, accompanied by his secretary Samuel Pepys, whose journal records the mission, and Phillips.

To destroy the town, mines were placed around the defences and mole and detonated. These are marked on the map as small black squares, The map key marks up 34 separate features of the plan as being either demolished and blown up, blown up, dismantled, or subsequently taken by Moroccan forces.

A projected new defensive work (no. 4 in the key) is marked, suggesting that the map was not originally intended to show the plan for the town’s destruction. This is supported by a suggestion that the purpose of the Dartmouth mission was not made clear to the participants until after they set sail for Tangier in August 1683, and further supported by the large key on the left of the map which has been drawn over pre-existing information.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003725110
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003725110
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 map
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Styles:
Afghan style
Start Date:
1683
End Date:
1684
Date Range:
1683-1684
Era:
CE
Scale:
1:3000
Scale Designator:
Horizontal
Coordinates (Decimal):
-5.823241,35.775434,-5.788223,35.795069
Coordinates (Degree):
W 5°49’24”-W 5°47’18”/N 35°47’42”-N 35°46’32”
Orientation:
South
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:
Ink and wash on paper, 72 x 51 cm.
Custodial History:
The Sandys Trust, Library at Ombersley Court, Worcestershire. Described in the MS catalogue of 1816 as amongst ‘a collection of various maps, plans etc.’
Source of Acquisition:
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, December 2019.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Legge, George, 1st Baron Dartmouth, naval officer, c 1647-1691
Phillips, Thomas, military engineer and cartographer
Places:
Tangier, Morocco