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Plan
de la ville de Gilbraltar [sic]... Aftekening van Gibraltar.
Engraved
map by Pierre Husson.
17 x 36.5 cm.
From Husson’s Diverses Cartes de Geographie, où
l’on peut voir la Theatre de la Guerre dans tout le
Monde.
The Hague, ca. 1706-1709.
From
the collection of the Tangier American Legation Museum (Morocco),
M338.
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the map or PDF link for a larger image.
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Tips
for Educators
Facts
about Gibraltar (CIA World Factbook)
Pierre
Husson (1678-1733) was a publisher of books and prints at
The Hague in the late 17th-early 18th century. He was especially
known for his publications of plans of battlefields and fortifications
during the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713). This
plan of Gibraltar was published in his Diverses Cartes
de Geographie, où l’on peut voir la Theatre de
la Guerre dans tout le Monde. Husson also published a
number of books on the military arts and the theory of fortifications;
typical of these are Johann Landsberg’s Nouvelle
Maniere de Fortifier les Places, 1712, and Jean Grimarest’s
Fonctions des Generaux, ou l’art de conduire une
armée, 1710
This
plan of Gibraltar, with its view of the fortress, is of particular
interest because it was produced shortly after the combined
British and Dutch forces seized the Rock on the 24th of July,
1704, during one of the actions of the War of the Spanish
Succession. The movements of the fleets are indicated on the
map. Although the British and the Dutch were allied in the
battle, the British Admiral, Sir George Rooke, took possession
of Gibraltar in the name of Queen Anne, whose government ratified
the occupation. During the whole of the 18th century numerous
attempts were made by the Spanish to regain possession, but
they all failed. This, despite the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713
(one of the series of treaties which ended the War of the
Spanish Succession) by which Spain ceded Gibraltar to England.
The Treaty of Utrecht, as a result of the War, was one of
the most important treaties in British history, and contributed
greatly to the expansion of the British empire.
Bibliography:
Koeman, Hus 1, (11). |
