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Willyams: Antique Map of the Mediterranean Sea, 1802
Willyams: Antique Map of the Mediterranean Sea, 1802
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Antique chart of the Mediterranean Sea related to the Battle of the Nile in 1798. A General Chart of the Mediteranean with the tracks of the British Fleet Commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson K.B. and of the French Fleet Commanded by Admiral Bruyes till they met in the Bay of Aboukir off the Nile On the First of August 1798.

  • Date Printed: 1802
  • Cartographer: Willyams, Cooper
  • Size: 18 x 8
  • Condition: Good. Clean. Right and left margins at 1/4". Archivally repaired small marginal tears from verso not impacting the image. Very slight toning at vertical centerfold.

    Striking, detailed, and unusual aquatint map showing the track of the Royal Navy at the command of Horatio Nelson and the tracks of the Imperial French Navy at the Command of Napoleon I from Europe to Egypt, before and during the Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay, in Egypt. The map includes three oval views: 1. The Rock of Gibraltar from the Spanish Lines. 2. The Devil's Tower. 3. Ceuta Point bearing S by E 3/4 East. From Willyam's "A Voyage Up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure" an eye-witness account of the Battle of the Nile in 1798, Admiral Nelson's greatest triumph. The Rev. Cooper Willyams (1762 – 1816) was a clergyman and a British artist. The son of a navy commander and formerly chaplain to Admiral St. Vincent, Willyams was a veteran of several campaigns, having accompanied the expedition to the West Indies which ended in a British defeat of the French in 1794.

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  • Condition
    Good. Clean. Right and left margins at 1/4". Archivally repaired small marginal tears from verso not impacting the image. Very slight toning at vertical centerfold.
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    Willyams: Antique Map of the Mediterranean Sea, 1802

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