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Finely made hand drawn map of a roughly 40 mile section of the Coast of Catalonia, likely drawn by a skilled French military engineer.
The map shows the area from from Barcelona to Blanes. The map notes the area and fortifications and topography along the Catalan, along with other prominent structures along the coast further north, including several towers and numerous soundings.
The map is elegantly drawn and elaborately finished in fine wash colors, with a colorful compass rose. The annotations on the back note that it is Map Number 14 and was likely part of a bound set of maps. While ordinarily this sort of map might be attributed to an engineering student, the size, elegance of presentation and the numbering are more indicative of an elaborate presentation piece, likely commissioned as a gift or tribute to a senior commanding officer in the French Navy.
The present chart was likely drawn during or immediately after the Seven Years War.
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