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| Print ID | 2606 |
| Title | New and Exact Plan of ye Towne and Port of Dunkirk, A |
| Location | folder 4: 001 |
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| Publication Location | London |
| Publication Date | 1712 |
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| plate length (mm) | 493 |
| plate width (mm) | 604 |
| Technique | engraving |
| Text on print | A New and Exact Plan of ye Towne and Port of Dunkirk together with the Citadel Castles of Risbanck and other Forts at the entrance of the Mole or Harbour. and all ye Outworks Lately aded by direction of the Famous Engenier Monsr. de Vaubon This Place was taken from the Spaniards by the French and English in 1658. The English possest it till 1662 when they. Sold it to the French King who has made it one of the Best and Strongest Fortifications of Europe M: Skynner ft. 1712. Sold by C. Browne at the North door of the Royal Exchange London. Sold by Christopher Brown at the Globe at the west end of St. Pauls Church yard A Prospect of the Castle of Risbanck at the Entrance of Dunkirck Harbour...Dunkirk and its confines...[key]. |
| Condition | c2 creases |
| Subject Index | Plans and views of Dunkirk with map of locality; fortress, military, topical, naval base |
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| Notes | Advertised in the Daily Courant 1 August 1712: ‘Two Plans of Dunkirk; one as it now is, the other as it was in 1700...by C. Browne Print & Mapseller at the Globe at the West End of St. Pauls, and at his Shop at the North Gate of the Royal Exchange’. A plan of Dunkirk by Skynner was advertised in the London Gazette in 1697 (Tyacke, p. 72) |