Le Charron, André-Louis-Lambert, Baron, 1759-1837
Title:
A word to the wise [cartographic material].
Published / Created:
Great Britain, 1796.
Physical Description:
1 map : watercolor, pen and black ink ; sheet 55 x 41 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
Notes:
The dedicatee of the present map is the army officer and colonial governor, Robert Melville (1723-1809), whose 18th century mansion, known as Mount Melville, is depicted in one of the vignettes. The mansion was located on the estate formerly known as Craigtoun, 2.3 miles southwest of St Andrews, Scotland. Melville was made lieutenant-general in 1777, during the American War of Independence. His last service appears to have been as diplomat, when in 1783 he successfully appealed to France to protect the property rights of British subjects in Tobago. Melville was a keen enthusiast of Roman history and antiquities, and a member of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London, and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Subject Terms:
Melville, Robert, 1723–1809. | Mount Melville (Fife, Scotland) | Imaginary places -- Maps. | Calvi (Italy) | Yeu Island (France) | Thames River (England)