Add MS 57639

R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. IV (1-17). France, including Jersey, but excluding Flanders, Lorraine and Alsace.

1. 'Plan of the coast of the island of Jersey', surveyed by John Dumaresq; [18th cent.?] 1:48000. 'Scale 4000 feet to an inch'. Map oriented with North-North-East at top. Accompanied by a notebook headed 'Remarques sur l'Isle de Jersey'. Amherst no. A 38. R.U.S.I. no. A 6.1.

480 x 590mm.

2. 'A plan of the city of Bell Isle with part of the town of Calais'; circa 1761. 1:1440. 'Scale of fathoms'. Scale bar of 100 fathoms (= 5 inches). R.U.S.I. no. A 9.24.

Ink and wash on paper. 330 x 495mm.

3. 'A view of the citadel of Bell Isle with a representation of the breaches made by the English during the siege in 1761.' No scale given. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.5.

205 x 350mm.

4. Sketch map illustrating siege of Bell Isle; mid 18th cent. 1:3600. 'Scale 100 yards or 300 feet to an inch'. Scale bar of 400 yards (= 4 inches). Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.5.

480 x 655mm.

5. 'A view of the Grand Sable, or the sands of Soufum at Bell Isle 1761'. No scale given. Inset, 'A chart of Bell Isle from Point du Tailleferre to Point de Galeres'. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.6.

320 x 470mm.

6. Sketch plan of Charlemont, by R. Jackson, Commandant of Artillery; circa 1817. No scale given. Partly French. The map is unfinished, but there are notes entitled 'Remarques sur l'Isle de Jersey et les dispositions qu'on a faites pour sa defense', signed 'De Ruvignes'. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.28.

540 x 920mm.

7. 'Plan of Dieppe and its environs in Normandy, showing the practicability of a descent at the beginning of a war with France'; late 18th cent. No scale given. Title on verso 'Sketch of a proposed expedition to Dieppe in Normandy . . . with an annexed plan.' There is a separate written description of the potential manouevres. Amherst no. A 21. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.23.

280 x 455mm., on sheet 315 x 465mm.

8. 'Carte de l'Isle Dieu' (Ile d'Yeu, off coast of the Vendée); Oct. 1795. Cf. Add. 8076, f. 1. Note 'MS given to me by the Count de Puisaye 1815. R. A. D.' [Richard Alfred Davenport]. This map, and 57639 f. 13, a map of the Ile de Noirmoutier, are connected with the ultimately disastrous Royalist insurrection in the Vendée in 1795, in which Comte Joseph de Puisaye led the troops raised in the Vendée itself. He was blamed for the disaster and had to take refuge in Canada where the British government granted him an estate. He failed to re-establish his credit after the Peace of Amiens and was prevented from returning to France even in 1814. He died in poverty in England. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.9.

240 x 335mm.

9. 'Her Majesty's Shipp Charles galley commanded by Capt. Ioseph Tayler engaged with four French galleys in a calm off Nisa . . . 28 May 1708.' No scale given. View, with an elaborate title cartouche of a scroll surrounded by arms and surmounted by a winged Victory, sounding a trumpet. R.U.S.I. no. A 5.17.

520 x 725mm.

10. 'Carte de l'isle de Noirmoutier'; Sept. 1795. 1:63900 approx. Scale bar of 2 lieues (= 122mm.). Note 'MS given to me by the Count de Puisaye. 1815. R. A. D.'. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.37.

300 x 380mm.

11-15. 'Carte de la cote de Provence depuis l'embouchure du Rhone jusques au port de Ville Franche'; circa 1800. 1:180000. 'Echelle de 5 lieues marines d'Italie et de Provence de 2280 toises et de 25 au degré.' Scale bars of 15000 toises (= 173mm.) and 5 lieues (=125mm.). Marked 'Vice Admiral Waldegrave'.

580 x 1325mm. approx., in 3 sections each 580 x 445mm. An extra sheet at the beginning and one at the end of the sequence bear the title and the 'legende'.

16. 'A chart of part of the coast of France at the Bay of Quiberon, drawn between the 27th of June and the 21th of July 1795' signed '–– Mulcaster'. 1:37480. Scale bar of 1250 toises (= 65mm.). Presented to the Institution by C. E. Long, Jan. 1841. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.53.

435 x 345mm.

17. This number not used.

18. 'Plan of the inner harbour and arsenal of Toulon 1793'. 1:16250 approx. 'Scale of toises'. Scale bar of 500 toises (= 60mm.). R.U.S.I. no. A 9.40.

230 x 395mm.

includes:

• f. 1 Island of Jersey: Maps and Plans: John Dumaresq, surveyor: Lieutenant-Colonel de Ruvigny: Plan of the Jersey coast surveyed by John Dumaresq, with notebook rel. to Jersey by Lt.-Col. — de Ruvigny: 18th cent.?: Partly Fr.
• ff. 2-5 Maps and Plans: Belle Île, Morbihan: Plans, charts and views of Belle Ile, mostly rel. to the siege: 1761, n.d.
• f. 6 Island of Jersey: Maps and Plans: R. Jackson, Commandant of Artillery: Charlemont, France: Lieutenant-Colonel de Ruvigny: Unfinished map of Charlemont by R. Jackson, with notes on Jersey signed Lt.-Col. — de Ruvigny: circa 1817: Partly Fr.
• f. 7 Maps and Plans: Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure: Plan of Dieppe and environs: late 18th cent.
• f. 8 Maps and Plans: Ile d'Yeu, Vendée: Map of 'l'Isle Dieu': 1795: Fr.
• f. 9 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes: Maps and Plans: Captain Joseph Tayler, HMS Charles: View of HMS Charles under Capt. Tayler engaged with four French galleys: 1708.
• f. 10 Maps and Plans: Ile de Noirmoutier, Vendée: Map of Ile de Noirmoutier: 1795: Fr.
• ff. 11-15 Maps and Plans: Provence, France: Coastal charts of Provence: circa 1800.
• f. 16 Quiberon, Morbihan: Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Mulcaster, KCH, Inspector-General of Fortifications: Coastal chart of Quiberon Bay, signed by F. W. Mulcaster: 1795.
• f. 18 Maps and Plans: Toulon, Var: Plan of inner harbour and arsenal of Toulon: 1793.