Part of Tangier being what comprehends ye new works, March 1670.

Bound sheet. Ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Cartographic Note: No orientation. High water line and rock ledge marked. Scale in feet. Contents Note: Includes the new pier and harbour.
From Volume ten of the Dartmouth collection of maps and plans.

Administrative / biographical background
Charles II acquired Tangier in 1662 as part of his dowry from Catherine of Braganza. The Dartmouth volume contains maps and views documenting works on the fortications of the city and their deliberate destruction when the 'costly, useless and pestilential settlement' was abandoned.

Record Details

Item reference: P/43(7); MS48-9843
Level: PART
Extent: Drawing area 50.5 x 73 cm, on sheet same size
Date made: 1670
Creator: Anonymous
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London