Map of the new canal from Pontgouin to Versailles (part II), ca. 1702

Map of the new canal conveying water from the Eure river from Pontgouin to Versailles (part II). Plate no. 223 in a print series consisting of a total of 276 numbered plates of famous strong cities and fortresses in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession. Most of these plates are copied from anonymous French plates: in Les forces de l'Europe and in: Le theatre de la guerre, dans les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. Title and inscriptions on the plate in French.