ANONYME - Plan du Port Mahon et de ses fortifications.

Uncommon early French manuscript map of the bay and town-planof port Mahón. The entrance of the bay is blocked by "Staccades". St. Philip's Castle still in it basic shape and no signs of George Town.
Port Mahon is one of the world's finest natural harbors and particularly strategically importance during the eighteenth century wars between the English and French Navies in the Mediterranean.