A Correct Map of the Island of Minorca, with an Accurate Plan of Fort St. Philip & Its Environs, and the French Approaches and Betteries in 1756

Uncolored map of the islands of Minorca, with a large inset map of Fort St. Philip and the entrance to Port Mahon. Taken from the September, 1781 issue of the Political Magazine, and Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and Literary Journal. Sold with partial text from that issue, pp. 507-544, including a description of the map. The text also contains an extensive account of the siege of Gibraltar. One page has a contemporary manuscript noted written across it in praise of Charles James Fox who opposed the British war in America. The note is unsigned, but was written in Savannah, Georgia. Published by J. Bew, engraved by John Lodge. Jolly Pol-33.