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Thirty Years War (1618-48)

Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war

ANONYMOUS

Guéthary, 1638

Plan de Gattarj et de lordre de Lattaque / des Vaiseaulx espagnolz qui ont estez tous / brulez et eschouez le 22.e de Aoust 1638 / par larméé [sic] du Roy commandéé par M. / Larchevesque & Bourdeaux

1638 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; partly laid down on paper before being mounted on paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 722133

A map of the defeat and destruction of the Spanish fleet in Ghéthary Bay by Cardinal de Sourdis on 22 August 1638. Thirty Years War (1618-1648) Oriented with south-east to top.

  • Anonymous (cartographer)

  • Watermark: Map: horn in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below. Backing paper: none visible. Mount: none.

    Mark, stamped: 5

    Condition: twelve fold lines, suggesting the map had been folded concertina-wise, or, had been rolled and then flattened while still rolled up; worn, torn, with surface dirt along the fold lines; partly laid down on paper before being mounted. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were below this map in a different collection are present on the verso

  • Scale: not stated (scale)

    32.4 x 22.0 cm (image and sheet)

    32.0 x 21.7 cm (neatline)

    39.0 x 27.9 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    Plan de Gattarj et de lordre de Lattaque / des Vaiseaulx espagnolz qui ont estez tous / brulez et eschouez le 22.e de Aoust 1638 / par larméé [sic] du Roy commandéé par M. / Larchevesque & Bourdeaux [left, in a rectangular panel]

    Additional text:

    [left, following on from title, in title panel, a key, A-H.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Bay of Gatary near Bayonne 22 August 1638.

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Gatary Plan dessiné de Gattari (pres de Bayonne) et de l’Ordre de l’Attaque des Vaisseaux Espagnols qui ont etés tous brulés et echoués le 22.e d’Aoust 1638 par l’Armée du Roy commandée par l’Archevesque de Bourdeaux.

  • Subject(s)

    Guéthary, Aquitaine, France (43°25ʹ22ʺN 01°36ʹ39ʺW)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    S. Thion, French armies of the Thirty Years' War, Havertown PA 2013, p. 26

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024