Port of Mahon (Port of Mao), Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Lazaretto quarantine island (Illa del Llatzaret) and ruins of the Castle of San Felipe. The lazaretto was built in 1793 by the Count of Floridablanca, by order of King Carlos III. Due to the arrival of the bubonic plague to the coasts of Menorca by means of ships from northern Africa and the East, the king decided to provide a place to quarantine and observe ships coming from other countries suspected of contagion. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.
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Port of Mahon (Port of Mao), Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Lazaretto quarantine island (Illa del Llatzaret) and ruins of the Castle of San Felipe. The lazaretto was built in 1793 by the Count of Floridablanca, by order of King Carlos III. Due to the arrival of the bubonic plague to the coasts of Menorca by means of ships from northern Africa and the East, the king decided to provide a place to quarantine and observe ships coming from other countries suspected of contagion. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Date

1884

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG25A35_184

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44,0Mo (6,0Mo) / 40,8cm x 27,1cm / 4814 x 3198 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Mahon Menorca Balearics Balearic Islands Lazaretto island Spain Spanish Europe European island engraving Tomas Capuz history contagious disease epidemic infectious 19th century ships vessels quarantine sea Count of Floridablanca fortress Fort St. Philip hospital military hospital sanatorium

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