Map of St Lucia during the Seven Years' War

RASPE, Gabriel Nikolaus.

Karte von der Insel St Lucia von M.B. Ing de la Marine 1758.
Nuremberg, Raspe, c.1762. Original colour. 205 x 300mm.

Stitch holes in left margin.

A scarce map of St Lucia 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. St Lucia & Grenadawere formally ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Martinique and Havana returned.


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