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    Siege of Corfu, 1716 (Kérkyra, Ionian Islands, Greece) 39°37ʹ12ʺN 19°55ʹ11ʺE

    1716 or later

    Pen and ink on paper; a fifteen-page manuscript journal, written on four sheets of paper, folded in half and stitched together | 32.0 x 20.2 cm (sheet) | RCIN 727003.b

    A journal of the siege of Corfu between 28 July and 22 August 1716 by the Ottoman army, commanded by Canum Koca Mehmed Pasha (active 1684-1736), who was defeated by Field Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenberg (1661-1747), commanding the Austrian army as allies of Venice. Venetian-Turkish War (1714-18).

    This journal accompanies the map at RCIN 727003.a and describes the siege as experienced by the Imperial (Austrian) army. The following officers are mentioned in the text: Capitaine Ingenieur Riviere, Capitaine Ingenieur Maijbaum, Lieutenant-Colonel Borckmann (commanding the Germans).

    Condition: two fold lines; formerly folded to 16.0 x 10.3 cm; surface dirt on recto of first leaf.

    • Anonymous (author)

      Subject(s)

      Army-Ottoman Empire
      Army-Austria

    • Watermark: Amsterdam coat of arms with initials GG to left

      Mark, stamped: 157

      Condition: two fold lines; formerly folded to 16.0 x 10.3 cm; surface dirt on recto of first leaf

    • 32.0 x 20.2 cm (sheet)

    • Manuscript title:

      Relation de ce qui s’est passé le quatorze du / mois d’Aoút dans l’Isle de Corffu et en Mer.

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Corfu 28 July - 22 August 1716.

      Other annotations: none.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Corfu Plan dessiné de la Ville de Corfu attaquée par les Infideles depuis le 28 Juillet jusqu’au 23 Aout 1716: avec une Relation manuscrite de ce qui s’est passé depuis le 14 d’Aout.

    • Subject(s)

      Kérkyra, Ionian Islands, Greece (39°37ʹ12ʺN 19°55ʹ11ʺE)

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