File:Gevecht op hoogtevan Kaap St. Marie..jpg

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SEA BATTLE of 30 May 1781 - Engraving coloured by hand.

Español: GEVECHT tussen de Hollandsche fregatten Castor, Kapitein Pieter Melvill en Briel, Kapitein Gerard Vorthuis; en de Engelsche Fregatten Flora, Kapitein William Peere Williams en Crescent, Kapitein Thomas Pakenham, voorgevallen den 30st May 1781, op hoogtevan Kaap St. Marie.

English: COMBAT between the Dutch frigates Castor, Captain Pieter Melvill and Briel, Captain Gerard Vorthuis; and the English Frigates Flora, Captain William Peere Williams and Crescent, Captain Thomas Pakenham, occurred on the 30th May 1781, at the height of Cape St. Marie.

Français : COMBAT entre les fregattes Hollandaises le Castor, Capitaine P. Melvill et la Briel, Capitaine G. Oorthuis; et les fregates Anglaises la Flore, Capitaine Wm. P. Williams et le Crescent, Capitaine Th. Pakenham, qui s'est donné le 30me Mai 1781, à la heuteur du Cap St. Marie.

English: FIGHT between the Dutch frigates the Castor, Captain P. Melvill and the Briel, Captain G. Oorthuis; and the English frigates Flora, Captain Wm. P. Williams and the Crescent, Captain Th. Pakenham, which gave itself on May 30th, 1781, in honor of Cape St. Marie.

(Augsburg?, 1781). (47 x 31 cm).

The engraver of the plate is Joseph Marianus from Augsburg (1738-after 1788). Or did he only engrave the text? Thieme/Becker mentions that he mostly engraved the texts on maps ("stach schriften für Landkarten").
Date circa 1782
date QS:P,+1782-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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