Map of the naval battle at Vigo, 1702 (Vigo, Galicia, Spain) 42°13'58"N 08°43'21"W

Subject(s)

Watermark: None

Condition: two fold lines. Verso: remains of guard on verso with traces of brown paste; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

Scale: 1:150,000 approx. Scale bars: Lieües d' Allemagne à 15 par Degre [80 mm = 2]; Lieües de France à 20 par Degre [60 mm = 2].

37.0 x 48.7 cm (neatline)

37.8 x 49.5 cm (image)

38.8 x 50.4 cm (platemark)

39.6 x 51.9 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

Nette Afteykeningh van het Veroveren / der FRANCE en SPANSE Scheepen / INDE BAY VAN VIGOS, / door de Engelsche en Hollandse Vloot den 22. Octó. 1702. [top right, in rectangular panel]

Insets:

[bottom right, untitled small-scale map of the Kingdom of Galicia.] Scale: 1:1,743,294 approx. Lieües d'Allemagne à 15 par degre [51 mm =]; Lieües de France à 20 par degre [51 mm =]. Size: 14.7 x 17.7 cm (image); 13.9 x 16.9 cm (neatline).

Additional text:

[bottom, right of centre, in rectangular panel, a key, A-F, to features on the map, with a Nota Bene:] de Cysers die in de zee en / Bay syn Vademen diepten.

Annotations:

George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Bay of Vigo 22.^d Oct.^r 1702.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, left of centre, ink, crossed out in ink:] 19.; [bottom right, black pencil:] 3; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, trimmed, in Mason's hand?:] [?] 22 Oct.^r 1702; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 129; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 17; [right centre, red pencil, erased:] 13.

George III catalogue entry:

Naval Engagement Nette Afteykeningh van het Veroveren der France en Spanse Scheepen inde Bay van Vigos door de Engelsche en Hollandse Vloot den 22 Oct 1702; by P. Mortier. [The same entry appears under the heading Vigo.]