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Translated title: Presentation of the deployment of certain ships of the French fleet under Admiral Pointis where they were defeated by Admiral Leake in Gibraltar on March 24 in the year 1705 DLC
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | Gibraltar |
Description | Engraving shows many ships in battle in the harbor near Gibraltar engaged at the end of the siege on March 24, 1705. Also shown is the harbor and fortress castle on the hill above the water. Includes key to descriptive locations in the print labeled A-E. Includes location of the ships under the command of French Admiral Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis (1645-1707) and of English Admiral John Leake (1656-1720). The Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar was fought against the French and Spanish during the War of the Spanish Succession between September 1704 and May 1705 after the capture in August 1704 of the fortress city of Gibraltar, by an Anglo-Dutch naval force. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Pointis, Jean-Bernard-Louis Desjean,--baron de,--1645-1707. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ships--1700-1710. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Naval warfare--1700-1710. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Forts & fortifications--Gibraltar--1700-1710. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714--Campaigns--Gibraltar--Pictorial works. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gibraltar--1700-1710. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Leake, John,--1656-1720. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Campaigns & battles--Gibraltar--1700-1710. |
Alternative Title | Fürstllung der nach Gibraltar zum Entsatz bestimmten Französischen Flotte unter dem Admiral Pointy, wie Sie von dem Admiral Lacke aufgeschlagen worden den 24. Martii, Anno 1705. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |