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Plan of the action near the Vigia de la Barrosa, fought 5th March 1811, between the Allies under Sir...

Plan of the action near the Vigia de la Barrosa, fought 5th March 1811, between the Allies under Sir...

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Plan of the action near the Vigia de la Barrosa, fought 5th March 1811, between the Allies under Sir Thomas Graham and the French, from a sketch by Ensign [T.] Harriott ... dated 2nd April 1811 [cartographic material] : Plan of the battle of Albuera gained by the allied army under the command of Marshal Sir William Beresford ... 16th May 1811, from a sketch in the possession of Lord Beresford / [compiled by T.L. Mitchell] ; on zinc by Edwd. Culliford ; printed by Day & Haghe.

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Full title

Plan of the action near the Vigia de la Barrosa, fought 5th March 1811, between the Allies under Sir Thomas Graham and the French, from a sketch by Ensign [T.] Harriott ... dated 2nd April 1811 [cartographic material] : Plan of the battle of Albuera gained by the allied army under the command of Marshal Sir William Beresford ... 16th May 1811, from a sketch in the possession of Lord Beresford / [compiled by T.L. Mitchell] ; on zinc by Edwd. Culliford ; printed by Day & Haghe.

Publisher

[London : Published by James Wyld, Cartographer to the Queen, Charing Cross East, 1840]

Alternative title

Peninsular War maps. 20. Plan of the Vigia de la Barrosa

Date

1840]

Call Numbers

SAFE/Pc1/no. 20a-d

Record Identifier

74VvKovWzXLy

MMS ID

991007882869702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Cartographic data

Scale [ca. 1:15 157]. 2000 yards = 4 3/4".

Physical content

4 sheets (2 maps on 1 sheet each) : b&w ; on sheet, ca. 85.5 x 60.5 cm. each.

Contents

(a.) Unfinished state. Litho. B&w. Several columns of references. The individual maps: 36 x 57.5 cm., 42 x 57.5 cm. The Vigia de Barrosa map has been copied from Gt. Brit. & I. Quartermaster General's Dept., Sketch of the action near the Vigia de la Baross. This was based on Harriot's sketch. The pr...

Publication information

Publisher

[London : Published by James Wyld, Cartographer to the Queen, Charing Cross East, 1840]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1840]

Access and use

Access Conditions

Supervised access only by appointment with Maps Section.

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Alternative Titles

Full title

Plan of the action near the Vigia de la Barrosa, fought 5th March 1811, between the Allies under Sir Thomas Graham and the French, from a sketch by Ensign [T.] Harriott ... dated 2nd April 1811 [cartographic material] : Plan of the battle of Albuera gained by the allied army under the command of Marshal Sir William Beresford ... 16th May 1811, from...

Other title

Plan of the battle of Albuera gained by the allied army under the command of Marshal Sir William Beresford ... 16th May 1811.

Notes

General note

Completed map published by James Wyld in his atlas: "Maps and plans: showing the principal movements, battles & sieges, in which the British army was engaged during the war from 1808 to 1814, in the Spanish Peninsula and of the south of France".

Engraved proofs from the original survey and material by T.L. Mitchell.

Additional physical form availability note

Online images available via the State Library of NSW at: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/albumView.aspx?itemID=920121&acmsid=0 ; Digital order number a441.

Time Period

d1811

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

SAFE/Pc1/no. 20a-d

Record Identifier

74VvKovWzXLy

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvKovWzXLy

Other Identifiers

DDC

940.27

MMS ID

991007882869702626

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