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The seat of war in the West Indies 1740
1740
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- John Carter Brown Library
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
English pamphlet with maps of the Caribbean and main Spanish cities in the region, published in 1740 to build public support for the ongoing war against Spain (War of Jenkins' Ear, 1739-1742) and to incite to the conquest of Havana, Cuba . Title: The Seat of WAR in the WEST INDIES, containing New & Accurate Plans of the HAVANA, LA VERA CRUZ, CARTAGENA and PUERTO BELLO (taken from Spanish draughts) also of SAN AUGUSTIN and the Bay of Honda in Cuba...
