War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Gibraltar, 1704-05
A PLAN of the TOWN CASTLE and BAY of GIBRALTAR with an Exact View of all the Enemyes Approaches
1705 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:7,300 approx. | RCIN 725043
Additional text: [below map, in three panels:] Remarks on the Taking / Gibraltar by the English [1-7]; Explanation of the Seige by the / French and Spaniards [A-Z; a-c; J and U not used.] [Two smaller-scale maps, bottom right, below main map:] The BAY of GIBRALTAR [and] A Chart from ENGLAND to the Streights.
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: remains of guard; top left: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL. IV / 14.
Edward Castle (active 1695-1717) (bookseller)
Mortier: Strand, London (David Mortier (1673-1728)) (mapseller) [bottom left, below key:] LONDON Sold / by EDW.d CASTLE near Whithall and / DAVID MORTIER Book Map and Print / Seller at ye Sign of Erasmus’s Head near / the Savoy in the Strand.
Watermark: None
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: remains of guard; top left: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL. IV / 14
Scale: 1:7,300 approx. Scale bar: Scale of 1200 feet [50 mm =]; scale bar on small-scale map of Gibraltar: Miles [49 mm =] 4.
18.0 x 44.2 cm (neatline)
29.1 x 44.6 cm (image)
29.4 x 45.1 cm (platemark)
30.0 x 46.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
A PLAN of the TOWN CASTLE and BAY of GIBRALTAR with an Exact View of all the Enemyes Approaches. [across top of map, outside border]
Additional text:
[below map, in three panels:] Remarks on the Taking / Gibraltar by the English [1-7]; Explanation of the Seige by the / French and Spaniards [A-Z; a-c; J and U not used.] [Two smaller-scale maps, bottom right, below main map:] The BAY of GIBRALTAR [and] A Chart from ENGLAND to the Streights.
Annotations:
George III heading: Gibraltar 22. Oct. 1704 - 20 March 1705.
Other annotations: (Recto) [left, on face of map, ink:] The Siege of this Town lasted 5, Months by the French / and Spaniards, ground being opened before it, October / 22d, 1704, and the Siege raised March the 20th / following; The distance from Gibraltar / to Port Mahone is 525 Miles the bearing / E.N.E. and West South West the circum- / ference of the Island of Minorca, 120 / Miles.; [top right, black pencil:] 5. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 18; [bottom left, black pencil, faint:] [?E 2]; [top, left of centre, ink, crossed out in ink:] 17; [centre, red pencil:] 14.
George III catalogue entry:
Gibraltar A Plan of the Town, Castle and Bay of Gibraltar, besieged by the French and Spaniards from the 22.d of Oct.r 1704 to the 20.th of March 1705: sold by E. Castle and D. Mortier.
Subject(s)
Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory (36°08'00"N 05°21'00"W)
