Cardona Spain Antique battle plan Catalonia Rapin 1743
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Cardona, Barcelona Spain, Fine hand colored antique copperplate engraving showing the battle of Cardona Spain during 34 days, the French and Austrians bombarded the fort.
Cardona Spain Antique battle plan Catalonia Rapin 1743
Title: Plan of Cardona a strong city and Castle of Catalonia, upon the river Cardoner as besieged by the French and defended by the Allies.
Description: Cardona, Barcelona Spain, Fine hand colored antique copperplate engraving showing the battle of Cardona Spain during 34 days, the French and Austrians bombarded the fort. The map shows a plan of the Castle and the Bourbon, and the Austrian propositions led by Louis Duc de Vendôme and Marshal Guido von Starhemberg.
Mapmaker: Paul Rapin de Thoyras
The map is engraved by I. Basire (also known as James Basire Sr.) and from Mr. Rapin's History of England in 1743.
Origin: Paul de Rapin’s, The History of England, by Nicholas Tindall Paul de Rapin (25 March 1661 – 25 April 1725), sieur of Thoyras (and therefore styled Thoyras de Rapin), was a French historian writing under English patronage.
Engraved by Basire (1730–1802), also known as James Basire Sr. His father was Isaac Basire (1704–1768), a cartographer, his son (1769–1822) and grandson (1796–1869) were also named James; these four generations of Basires were all engravers.
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