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Map of Grenada during the Seven Years' War

RASPE, Gabriel Nikolaus.

Karte von der Insel Grenada und den Grenadillen in Nord America, unter den Zwölsten Grad der Breite.
Nuremberg, Raspe, c.1762. Original colour. 225 x 300mm.

Stitch holes in left margin.

A scarce map of Grenada and the Grenadines after Bellin, published in Raspe's 'Schau Platz des gegenwaertigen Kriegs' (Plates illustrating the Current Wars).

After the British had driven the French from Canada their attention was turned to their colonies in the West Indies. A fleet under Admiral George Rodney captured the French islands of Martinique, St Lucia and Grenada in early 1762, before moving on to Spanish-held Cuba, capturing Havana. Grenada & St Lucia were formally ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Martinique and Havana returned.


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Stock Id :12916

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Map of Grenada during the Seven Years' War

RASPE, Gabriel Nikolaus.

Karte von der Insel Grenada und den Grenadillen in Nord America, unter den Zwölsten Grad der Breite.
Nuremberg, Raspe, c.1762. Original colour. 225 x 300mm.

Stitch holes in left margin.

A scarce map of Grenada and the Grenadines after Bellin, published in Raspe's 'Schau Platz des gegenwaertigen Kriegs' (Plates illustrating the Current Wars).

After the British had driven the French from Canada their attention was turned to their colonies in the West Indies. A fleet under Admiral George Rodney captured the French islands of Martinique, St Lucia and Grenada in early 1762, before moving on to Spanish-held Cuba, capturing Havana. Grenada & St Lucia were formally ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Martinique and Havana returned.


Stock ID : 12916

£160

£160

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