Abstract
ABSTRACT Military reconnaissance and mapping in the Peninsular War have been well studied; less attention has been given to the analogous provision of navigational intelligence for the Royal Navy. This depended on exploitation of such data as was held in the Hydrographical Office in London, supplemented with information from pathfinders on the front line. The present case study examines survey and charting of the rias of the Galician coast, which were of strategic importance for support to Spanish guerillas and to the Duke of Wellington’s army as it advanced through northern Spain.
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