An 18th century chart of Calvi, Corsica

ROUX, Joseph.

Plan de la Baye de Calvi sur l'Isle de Corse.
Marseilles, 1764. Coloured. 140 x 210mm.

A sea chart of the Corsican port of Calvi, published in 'Recueil des principaux plans des ports et rades de la mer Méditerranée' by Joseph Roux le jeune (1725-93). This portable atlas of plans of ports of the Mediterranean was designed as a companion piece to his important 12-sheet atlas of the Mediterranean, a copy of which Nelson had aboard the 'Victory'.


Stock ID : 21739