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Siege of Corfu, 1716
PLAИ de la VĹLE du CORFV / Attaque par les Turcs depuis le 28ieme Juiliet jusq’uau / 21me Aout 1716, cuils prirent la fuite sur leur Flotte / et de la enterre ferme ayant abandonné 58 piece de Ca - / nons beaucoup de...
1716 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; gilt edges top and bottom | Scale: not stated. 1:6,000 approx. | RCIN 727004
A map of the siege of Corfu between 28 July and 22 August 1716 by the Ottoman army, commanded by Canum Koca Mehmed Pasha (active 1684-1736), who was defeated by Field Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenberg (1661-1747), commanding the Austrian army as allies of Venice. Venetian-Turkish War (1714-18). Oriented with south-south-west to top (compass rose).
The map shows in detail the Ottoman trenches, batteries and camps and the fortifications of the city of Corfu and the lines of fire between the Imperial and Ottoman batteries. The small ‘Isle Contillonisi’ (Vrachonisís Nafsiká 39°38ʹ42ʺN 19°54ʹ39ʺE) is shown together with the western end of the island of Vido (Nísída Vido 39°38ʹ32ʺN 19°55ʹ31ʺE), on which is marked the position of the Ottoman battery.
This plan has been removed from a volume, made about 1719 or later, of manuscript maps and plans of sieges. Other maps, perhaps in a different hand but, apparently from the same volume, are scattered throughout the collection: RCINs [724061], [724090], 725007, 725009, 725011, 725013, 725021, 725023, 725027, 725030, 725032, 725041, [725044], 725045, 725047, [725055], 725074, 725087, 725098, 726007, 726014, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a ‘4’ and the initials WR; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 158
Condition: one fold line; bottom centre, small tear. Verso: remains of a guard along central fold; induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:6,000 approx.
40.7 x 61.4 cm (neatline)
42.0 x 62.6 cm (image)
52.8 x 73.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAИ de la VĹLE du CORFV / Attaque par les Turcs depuis le 28ieme Juiliet jusq’uau / 21me Aout 1716, cuils prirent la fuite sur leur Flotte / et de la enterre ferme ayant abandonné 58 piece de Ca - / nons beaucoup de Munition de Guerre et de Bouclie et / D’Autre Attirailles. [right centre, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[left centre, in rectangular panel, a key, a-i, k-u, x-z, and two symbols, to the bastions, ravelins, demi-lunes, mines and gates, etc., of the fortified walls:] Noms des ouvrages / de La Ville [right centre, in title panel a key, A-I, K-T, V, X, to places in the city of Corfu, the Turkish batteries and attacks:] Explication.
Annotations:
George III heading: Corfu 28 July - 22 August 1716.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 122. (Verso) [top right, ink:] 122; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 6/13; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] VII/13.
George III catalogue entry:
Corfu Plan dessiné de la Ville de Corfu attaquée par les Turcs depuis le 28 Juillet jusqu’au 21 Aout 1716.
Subject(s)
Kérkyra, Ionian Islands, Greece (39°37ʹ12ʺN 19°55ʹ11ʺE)
Page revisions
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