Attack on Québec, 1690

Attack by English ships on the French in the city of Quebec, the attack is repelled, 16-22 October 1690. Map of Quebec and its surroundings with the English fleet on the St. Lawrence River before the city. Part of the fifth volume (1696) of the print series containing the eight volumes of *Les forces de l'Europe* published between 1693-1697. The series consists of 175 plates with plans (by Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban) of famous fortified cities and strongholds in the Nine Years' War. Title and inscriptions in French.