Drake's attack on Cartagena in 1586
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.
Isola e Citta di Cartagena Nell' America.
Venice, c.1696. 125 x 225mm, set in text.
Trimmed from a larger sheet.
A plan of the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, in which the English, led by Francis Drake, captured the Spanish colony as part of the same hositilies as the Spanish Armada.
Based on the map by Baptista Boazio (1589), it shows the English landing on La Caleta, avoiding the boom laid across the harbour mouth, and marking towards the city.
Published in Coronelli's 'Isolario'.
Stock ID : 21646
£160
£160
Drake's attack on Cartagena in 1586
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.
Isola e Citta di Cartagena Nell' America.
Venice, c.1696. 125 x 225mm, set in text.
Trimmed from a larger sheet.
A plan of the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, in which the English, led by Francis Drake, captured the Spanish colony as part of the same hositilies as the Spanish Armada.
Based on the map by Baptista Boazio (1589), it shows the English landing on La Caleta, avoiding the boom laid across the harbour mouth, and marking towards the city.
Published in Coronelli's 'Isolario'.
Stock ID : 21646
£160
£160