Sujet

Map of Fort of St Philip (Castle of San Felipe), Menorca, 1756 (1765). Creator: Jean de Beaurain.

Légende

Map of Fort of St Philip (Castle of San Felipe), Menorca, 1756 (1765). A British-controlled fortress, it was besieged by the French and taken on 29 June 1756. Published in 1765 by the cartographer Jean de Beaurain (1696-1771) as an illustration of his "Great Map of Germany, with the events that took place during the Seven Years War". French army in blue. French edition, 1765.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/PRISMA ARCHIVO FOTOGRÁFICO, S.L.

Notre référence

HRM25A41_030

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

46.0Mo (2.5Mo) / 27.5cm x 41.9cm / 3248 x 4948 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city building fort arts country French France Spain writing art trade port castle defence mahon minorca fortress defences fortifications fortification war text location century diagram print concept script B&W lettering mao Menorca black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century siege besieged Iles Balears TGN Illes Balears engraving map Prisma Archivo Fotografico Jean de Beaurain Beaurain Jean de Jean Beaurain Beaurain Jean Beaurain Jean Chevalier de Jean Chevalier de Beaurain Castillo de San Felipe Fort St Phillip Mahón Maó Port Mahon St. Philip's Castle