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Plans and views of Athens, Cerigo, Santa Maura, and Lepanto, 1726
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Plans and views of Athens, Cerigo, Santa Maura, and Lepanto, 1726

anonymous · 1726 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with two views and two plans of the fortifications around the Greek cities and islands Athens, Cerigo, Santa Maura (Lefkás, Nísos), and Lepanto. Plate no. 479 in part XIX of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme aussi les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this second part with 271 hand-numbered plates of famous strong cities and fortifications in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713. Most of these plates are copied from the anonymous French plates of famous strong cities and fortifications: 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. Titles and inscriptions in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePlattegronden en gezichten op Athene, Cerigo, Santa Maura en Lepanto, 1726. 1726. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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