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Description

Treuttel and Wurtz edition of the Lattre map of Gibraltar, published in Paris and Strasbourg.

Scarce plan of Gibraltar, published by one of France's leading military mapmakers, during the Seven Years War.

The plan shows the whole of the peninsula, with fortifications and batteries given particular attention.

34 points of interest are denoted in a key below the map image. This is supplemented to 50 landmarks in a further key within the map image.

A "succincte" description of Gibraltar follows below the map.

Lattre was responsible for a series of maps of Gibraltar at the outset of the Seven Years War, which saw France and the United Kingdom at war throughout the world.