File:Basseterre, 1759 RCIN 732091.jpg

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Thomas Jefferys  (1719–1771)  wikidata:Q3990658
 
Alternative names
Thomas Gefferys, Thomas Jefferies, Thomas Jeffreys
Description English cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death circa 1719
date QS:P,+1719-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 20 November 1771 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death England London
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creator QS:P170,Q3990658
Edward Rycaut (d. 1763) (surveyor)
Title
PLAN of the ATTACK against BASSETERRE on the ISLAND of GUADALOUPE By a Squadron of his Majesty’s Ships of War Commanded by Commodore MOORE on ye 22.d Jan.y 1759. also the INCAMPMENTS of the BRITISH ARMY Commanded by Gen.l HOPSON, and the FRENCH INTRENCHMENTS after they Abandoned the TOWN and CITADEL
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English: A map of the British naval attack on Basseterre, 22 January 1759. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north-east to top (cardinal points).

The author of this map, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Rycaut, had the command of 700 Marines on this expedition. According to the Naval and military memoirs of Great Britain Vol.II, London, 1790, p.312, by Robert Beatson, Commodore Moore did not permit the Marines to land and act, as intended, as a battalion to support the land forces. However, Rycaut must have made land in order to produce this map.

The ships of war portrayed and named in the bay are: Berwick, Bristol, Burford, Cambridge, Lyon, Norfolk, Panther, Rippon, Roebuck, St George, Winchester, Woolwich.

George III catalogue entry: Basseterre Plan of the Attack against Basseterre on the Island of Guadaloupe by a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships of War, commanded by Commodore Moore, on the 22.d of January 1759: also the Encampments of the British Army commanded by General Hopson; and the French Entrenchments after they abandoned the Town and Citadel: by Lieut. Col. Rycaut, published by Jefferys, 1760.

Thomas Jefferys (c. 1719-71) (publisher) [bottom right, between border and platemark:] 1760 Published by Tho.s Jefferys Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross London Price 2s.

Edward Rycaut (d. 1763) (surveyor) [top left, last line of title:] DRAWN on the Spot by LIEUT. COL. RYCAUT of the MARINES.

Lord George Anson (1697-1762) (dedicatee)
Depicted place Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, West Indies (15°59'54"N 61°43'31"W)
Date 1760
date QS:P571,+1760-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching and engraving
Dimensions Scale: 1:11,500 approx. Scale bars: Scale of Yards [79 mm =] 1000; [][Sections:]; 31.9 x 46.7 cm (neatline); 32.8 x 47.1 cm (image); 33.7 x 48.4 cm (platemark); 36.4 x 51.5 cm (sheet)
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
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RCIN 732091
Source/Photographer https://militarymaps.rct.uk/the-seven-years-war-1756-63/basseterre-1759-plan-of-the-attack-against-basseterre
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