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Plans and view of the forts of Asso, Vólos, Zante, and Negropont, 1726
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Plans and view of the forts of Asso, Vólos, Zante, and Negropont, 1726

anonymous · 1726 · etching; paper

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

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Sheet with three plans of the forts Asso (Castel d'Asso?), Vólos, Zante, and a view of the Greek city of Negropolis. Plate no. 482 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. Bottom right traces of the number 157 that has been polished away.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePlattegronden en gezicht op forten van Asso, Vólos, Zante en Negropont, 1726. 1726. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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