Title
AFTEKENING van't NAAUW van de STRAAT, uyt de MIDDELANDSCHE ZEE te SIEN = VUE DU DETROIT, COMME IL SE REPRESENTE DU COTE DE LA MER MEDITERRANEE.
Creator
Lynslager, Hendrik, 1693-1768, artist.
Publication details
[Amsterdam] : [Reinier Ottens], [around 1727]
Physical details
1 print : etching and engraving ; platemark 14.8 x 55.7 cm, on sheet 15.2 x 55.7 (trimmed below platemark at sides and lower edge)
Description
View of the Strait of Gibraltar from the East, with the Rock of Gibraltar, Tarifa, Europa Point, Punta Carnero, Devil's Tower and Guard's Tower on the right, Ceuta, Morocco, Moorish Camp, Monkey's Mountain, Pasha's House and coast of Tangier on the left; three sailing ships in the foreground, engraved cartouche above and key below.
Place
Gibraltar, Strait of
Additional information
An almost identical view bearing only the Dutch title and attached to a map entitled 'Nieuwe Paskaart vant Naauw van de Straat', signed by Hendrik Lynslager and dated 1726 (see Phillips, p. 106, no. 119), was published also by Ottens in 1727, at the time of the Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar.
Other persons
Ottens, R. (Reinier), 1698-1750, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.72.48.a.