Plan de l'isle Ste. Lucie ou Ste. Alousie. [ca. 1724]

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Plan de l'isle Ste. Lucie ou Ste. Alousie. [ca. 1724]

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Map of the island of Saint Lucia with an inset (314 x 384 mm.) of the port of Castries (previously known as Petit Carenage): Partie de l'isle Ste. Lucie. Includes six lines of text describing the failed 1723 invasion by ships under the command of Captain Nathaniel Uring, British deputy-governor of the island, acting under orders from John, Duke of Montagu. British forces left after negotiating terms with the French colonial governor-general of Martinique, Jacques-Charles Bochart de Champigny. Keyed to locations A-I and K-N; includes drawings of three ships.

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 508 x 355 mm. on sheet 563 x 748 cm., folded to 563 x 360 mm.

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