Other 18th-/19th-century conflicts
Maps, views and documents from 19 wars
Siege of Corfu, 1716
Relation de ce qui s’est passé le quatorze du / mois d’Aoút dans l’Isle de Corffu et en Mer
1716 or laterPen and ink on paper; a fifteen-page manuscript journal, written on four sheets of paper, folded in half and stitched together | 32.0 x 20.2 cm (sheet) | RCIN 727003.b
This journal accompanies the map at RCIN 727003.a and describes the siege as experienced by the Imperial (Austrian) army. The following officers are mentioned in the text: Capitaine Ingenieur Riviere, Capitaine Ingenieur Maijbaum, Lieutenant-Colonel Borckmann (commanding the Germans).
Condition: two fold lines; formerly folded to 16.0 x 10.3 cm; surface dirt on recto of first leaf.
Anonymous (author)
Watermark: Amsterdam coat of arms with initials GG to left
Mark, stamped: 157
Condition: two fold lines; formerly folded to 16.0 x 10.3 cm; surface dirt on recto of first leaf
32.0 x 20.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Relation de ce qui s’est passé le quatorze du / mois d’Aoút dans l’Isle de Corffu et en Mer.
Annotations:
George III heading: Corfu 28 July - 22 August 1716.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Corfu Plan dessiné de la Ville de Corfu attaquée par les Infideles depuis le 28 Juillet jusqu’au 23 Aout 1716: avec une Relation manuscrite de ce qui s’est passé depuis le 14 d’Aout.
Subject(s)
Kérkyra, Ionian Islands, Greece (39°37ʹ12ʺN 19°55ʹ11ʺE)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
Current version
