Plan of the bay, rock and town of Gibraltar, from an actual survey by an officer who was at Gibraltar from 1769 to 1775

Title:: Plan of the bay, rock and town of Gibraltar, from an actual survey by an officer who was at Gibraltar from 1769 to 1775
Creator:: Faden, William, 1749-1836
Engraver:: Faden, William, 1749-1836
Publisher:: Faden, William, 1749-1836
Name on Item:: engraved by William Faden
Date:: 1781
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Location:: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:: Gibraltar, Bay of (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Gibraltar--Maps--Early works to 1800
Gibraltar--History--Siege, 1779-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:: Gibraltar (territory)
Bay of Gibraltar
Extent:: 1 map : hand colored ; 52 x 73 cm
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:: London : William Faden
Scale:: Scale approximately 1:24,600
Language:: English
Notes:: Shows ocean currents, buildings, forts, fields, magnetic declination, etc.
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Oriented with north to the right.
Includes some notes about the siege.
Conservation of this piece was funded by Alan and Sherry Leventhal in memory of his father, Norman B. Leventhal whose vision to create this Map Center will inspire generations to come.
Map 12 in a composite atlas with the title "Atlas of the world."
Identifier:: 06_01_014653
Call #:: G1015 .A85 1783
Barcode:: 30000004730207