Disigno dell' isola de Gerbi con le seche che la difendeno dall' inondatione del mare, ... – Antique Print
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Disigno dell' isola de Gerbi con le seche che la difendeno dall' inondatione del mare, ... comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Disigno dell' isola de Gerbi con le seche che la difendeno dall' inondatione del mare, ...
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This plan of Djerba, the Tunisian island the record calls Jarbah, shows the shoals and sandbars that the title says guarded it against the sea. Its subjects point to the naval campaign of 1560, when a Spanish-led fleet under Andrea Doria tried to take the island from the Ottomans and was defeated in the shallow waters around it. The print was made well after that clash, and its date is given only as the 1600s, so it likely reflects the engraver's later view of the battle rather than a firsthand survey. Its interest lies in how it combines a map of the island with the hazards that shaped the fighting.
| Created / published | [16--] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1600-1700. |
| Notes | Title from item. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1950:R01 folio 225 |
| Subjects | Doria, Andrea,--1466-1560--Military service. Naval warfare--Turkey--1560. Naval warfare--Spain--1560. Jarbah Island (Tunisia)--1560. Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,077 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141304 |
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