Raynor HCA 2013-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2013
Disbound map 7-1/2” x 6-1/4”, "An Exact Draught Of The Castle Of San Lorenzo Ye Village & River Of Chagre With The Situation Of Adm. Vernon's Ships In Ye Attack Of The Fort March 24, 1740. By R.T. & Sent Over In The Diamond Man Of War Capt. Knowles Whom Commanded The Bomb Ketches". An extensive key appears to the left and a description of the battle is included at upper right. At 3 pm on March 22, 1740, the English squadron, composed of the ships Stafford, Norwich, Falmouth and Princess Louisa, the frigate Diamond, the bomb vessels Alderney, Terrible, and Cumberland, the fireships Success and Eleanor, and transports Goodly and Pompey, under command of Vernon, began to bombard the Spanish fortress. Given the overwhelming superiority of the British forces, Captain Cevallos surrendered the fort on March 24, after resisting for two days.
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