Das im vorig- und jetzigem Jahr von Spanisch- und Französischen Generalen gewaltig bestürmte und durch den Landgrafen...

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Original antique copper engraving, unkolored. Decorative birds-eye view shows the harbor with many sailing ships and the rock of Gibraltar in the background during the siege in April 1705. In the foreground at the left side stand two men with a larger group of men standing down the hill from them. Below them are troops gathered on the flat land below the castle. Includes inset map of "Die Strasse von Gibraltar" [The strait of Gibraltar] at top right hand corner of the print.