Price: $500.00
SKU: 29248
PUBLISHER: Published by J. Covens and C. Mortier, Amsterdam.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1730.
EDITION SIZE: 19 3/8 x 22 7/8" (493 x 582 mm) plus narrow (1/4") margins.
DESCRIPTION: A handsome large scale map of the strategically important harbor of Gibraltar. Two inset maps and a view adorn this map. One depicts the straits of Gibraltar, the other a close up of the town. The view is of the citadel from the harbor. The promontory Gibraltar was captured in 1704 by a combined English-Dutch naval force during the War of the Spanish Succession. According to the terms of the Peace of Utrecht (1713), Gibraltar remained an English possession. The Spanish attempted to regain this strategic stronghold via a siege in 1726-1727. This map by Joannes Covens and Cornelis Mortier likely depicts this siege.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition save for two repaired four inch opposing tears in the upper portion of the map. Original outline hand color.
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