War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Naval battle at Vigo, 1702
Nette Afteykeningh van het Veroveren / der FRANCE en SPANSE Scheepen / INDE BAY VAN VIGOS, / door de Engelsche en Hollandse Vloot den 22. Octó. 1702
1702 or laterEtching with engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:150,000 approx. | RCIN 725015
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.
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.
Pierre Mortier (1661-1711) (cartographer and publisher) [top right, below title:] tot Amsterdam by Pieter Mortier, met Privileg.
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.]
Subject(s)
Vigo, Galicia, Spain (42°13'58"N 08°43'21"W)
