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Other 17th-century conflicts

Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars

TOMÁS LÓPEZ (1730-1802)

Algiers, 1783

PLANO DE LA BAHÍA DE ARGEL, SITUADA EN LA COSTA DE AFRICA

1783 or later

Engraving and etching; printed on paper | Scale: 1:58,000 approx. | RCIN 734099

A map of the action fought by the Spaniards against the Regency of Algiers with the aim of stemming Algerine privateering in order to secure their trading in the Mediterranean. Spanish-Barbary Conflicts (1694-1784). Oriented with south to top. The bombardment failed to subdue the Algerians.

Additional text: [top, below title, a key, 1-33, to the ships:] EXPLICACION DEL ATAQUE QUE EXECUTÓ EN ESTA BAHÍA EL EXMO SEÑOR DON ANTONIO BARCELÓ SIENDO SU MAYOR GENERAL EL CAPITAN DE NAVIO DON JOSEPH LORENZO DE GOYCOCHEA A PRINCIPIOS DE AGOSTO DE 1783.

Condition: one fold line; some offsetting; surface dirt.
  • Tomás López (1730-1802) (engraver) [bottom right, inside neatline:] Tomas Lopez sculpsit; [bottom left, below border:] Se hallará este con todas las obras del autor en Madrid, calle de Atocha, casa nueva de Santo Tomas, quarto principal n.o 3.

  • Watermark: None

    Condition: one fold line; some offsetting; surface dirt

  • Scale: 1:58,000 approx. Scale bar: Escala de 6 millas maritimas de á 60 en grado [192 mm =].

    44.0 x 63.3 cm (neatline)

    44.7 x 63.8 cm (image)

    46.0 x 66.7 cm (platemark)

    48.2 x 68.2 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    PLANO DE LA BAHÍA DE ARGEL, SITUADA EN LA COSTA DE AFRICA. [top centre]

    Additional text:

    [top, below title, a key, 1-33, to the ships:] EXPLICACION DEL ATAQUE QUE EXECUTÓ EN ESTA BAHÍA EL EXMO SEÑOR DON ANTONIO BARCELÓ SIENDO SU MAYOR GENERAL EL CAPITAN DE NAVIO DON JOSEPH LORENZO DE GOYCOCHEA A PRINCIPIOS DE AGOSTO DE 1783.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Algiers August 1783.

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Algiers A Plan of the Bay and Town of Algiers, with the Bombardment by the Spanish Fleet under the command of Don Antonio Barcelo, in August 1783; by T. Lopez.

  • Subject(s)

    Algiers, Algeria (36°45'09"N 03°02'31"E)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024