DESCRIPTION: Beautifully engraved antique plan of Pensacola, Florida and the surrounding bays and sounds created in 1763 when Pensacola was not much more than a tiny village. Coverage includes areas of present day Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Blackwater Bay, Escambia Bay, Santa Rosa Sound and Santa Rosa Island.
Two old forts are noted, Fort Santa Rosa, a long-destroyed log fort built by the Spanish on the western end of Santa Rosa Island near present day Fort Pickens, and Fort Santa Maria de Galres (Galves/Galve) , near present day Fort Barrancas. Other features noted that reflect Spanish/Italian place names are "Baia di Santa Maria de Galres" - Pensacola Bay; "Golfo dell Ostriche", now Escambia Bay; "Canale di Santa Rosa" or Santa Rosa Sound; "Fiume del Governatore" and "Fiume del Almirante" - the Yellow and Blackwater Rivers. Siguenca Point at the western tip of Santa Rosa Island is named after Dr. Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, a member of a Spanish reconnaissance expedition in 1693 who was one of the first to map Pensacola Bay.
Originally published in the Gazzetiere Americano, from Livorno, Italy. Contains many soundings and notations of the composition of the sea bottom, important to navigators who had to rely heavily on lead-line measurements for safe passage. Engraved by Giuseppe Pazzi and drawn by Viol. Vanni.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1763
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: Gulf of Mexico
CONDITION: Very good.
Clean. Very strong impression on chain laid paper with 2"+ margins. Slight uniform age toning.
COLORING: No color.
ENGRAVER: Vanni
SIZE: 11
" x
8 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 87
PRICE: $575
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