Add MS 57641

R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. VI (1-4). Large maps.

1. 'Plan du port de Cherbourg . . . [by] Monsr de Lieutenant de vaisseau de Sa Majesté . . . by order of Mons. de Bayne, min. de la Marine . . . 1773.' 1:14630 approx. 'Echelle de six lignes pour 100 toises'. Scale bar of 2500 toises (= 340mm.). 'Scale of 3 English miles, 826 toises each in the league'. Scale bar of 5478 toises (= 330mm.). French. Amherst no. A 67. R.U.S.I. no. A 9.29.

540 x 1415mm.

2. 'Gibraltar'; aft. 1782. 1:1400. Bar of 2000 yards (= 15 inches). Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 6.9.

420 x 1295mm.

3. 'Battle of Salamanca July XII, MDCCCXII . . . [by] E. Napier, Capt. 45th Regt. RM College 21 April 1836.' 1:21120. 'Scale of 3 inches to a mile'. Scale bar of 2 miles (= 6 inches). Map oriented with North-North-West at top. R.U.S.I. no. A 18.28.

645 x 1030mm.

4. Two panoramic views of San Sebastian, by 'Col. Claudius Shaw K.S.F. Comd Artillery British Legion 1836'. No scale given. The larger of the two panoramas has a note with the initials 'C.S.', 'This view was exhibited in London 1837. This is the original sketch'. Both the views are annotated with military captions. The name in the captions on both views is clearly 'Claudius' Shaw, and a Claudius Shaw wrote a textbook on artillery published in 1854; however, it was Sir Charles Shaw (b.1795, d. 1871), according to Dictionary of National Biography, who, as an officer in the auxiliary legion under Sir George de Lacy Evans, led the attack which captured San Sebastian from the Carlists in May 1836.

57641, f. 4 A, 325 x 3020mm., six sheets joined; minor damage to upper and lower edges, not affecting the painted surfaces, although some explanatory text may have been removed from a portion missing from the lower right-hand corner. 57641, f. 4 B, 330 x 4030mm, eight sheets joined.

Peninsular War: Maps and Plans: Maps and plans relating to the Peninsular War: 1801-1836: Partly Fr., Portug.

includes:

• f. 1 Maps and Plans: Cherbourg, France: de Bayne, French navy minister: Plan of Cherbourg harbour , drawn by order of M. de Bayne: 1773: Fr.
• f. 2 Maps and Plans: Gibraltar: Map of Gibraltar: aft. 1782.
• f. 3 Maps and Plans: Captain E. Napier, 46th Regt: Salamanca, Spain: Plan of Battle of Salamanca 1812, by Capt. E. Napier: 1836.
• f. 4 San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa: Maps and Plans: Colonel Claudius Shaw, artillery commander for British auxiliary legion in Portuguese civil war: Two panoramic views of San Sebastian: 1836: Signed.