The Destruction of the French Fleet at Quiberon Bay 1759 Publisher(s)_Waterlow & Sons Ltd

The Destruction of the French Fleet at Quiberon Bay 1759 Publisher(s)_Waterlow & Sons LtdBrittische bermacht zur See wieder Franckreich Ao. 1759 Superiorite Britannique par Mer contre La France l'An 1759 This map is a contemporary depiction of events leading to the decisive Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, at the height of the Seven Years War. The British had maintained a tight blockade of Brest harbour, but the French fleet broke out under cover of foul weather. The British gave chase, and the ensuing destruction of the French fleet ended

who succeeded his uncle John Eyes as Town Surveyor in 1777

This pair poster was issued in April 1947 for the start of the first summer of the fully re-instated coach network after the Second World War in a very limited run (50) for display at stops in and around Hyde Park Corner

on printed advertisement label to verso

Coronelli is credited here

Estats du Grand Duc de Moscovie ou de l’Empereur de la Russie Blanche

a convention which seems to have smoothed the import and export of books between Protestant Switzerland and Catholic France

precursors to the modern Bakerloo

A printed paper label gives the map an English title: ‘Seat of War

and some principal stations of the growing rail network

with a specially commissioned folding Tube map 35

Germany's navy had been effectively neutralised at Versailles

trivial wear at a couple of intersections