L. Therbu, Heinrich Coentgen

LO 3688

The Balearic Islands
Minorca, St. Philip's Castle

"Plan du Fort St. Philippe"

Plan of St. Philip's Castle, protecting fortifications at the entrance of the port of Mahon, the largest natural port of the Mediterranean Sea, located at Minorca.

Copper engraving after L. Therbu, engraved by Heinrich Coentgen, Mainz after 1756, 35,5 x 23,5 cm.

Very good impression and condition.

sold

Some details of the map:

June 29, 1756, after the siege of St. Philip's Castle, the Port of Mahon and Minorca was captured from Britain by the French marshal Louis François Armand du Plessis, a duc de Richelieu (1696-1788). A smaller affair, but it represented the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in the European theatre.

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