Isles Philippines à Nuremberg

Description

original hand-colour copper engraving.

EXTREMELY RARE map (after LeRouge), from the book “Schauplatz des gegenwaertigen Kriegs…” [Current War Theatre], No.156. The Philippines was included in Raspe’s book on existing wars, because of the British Occupation from 1762-64 as part of the Seven Years’ War 1756-1763, fought between Great Britain, Prussia, Portugal and some German states against France, the Austrian-led Holy Roman Empire, Russia until 1762, Spain, and Sweden. Among the territorial changes agreed in the 1763 Treaty of Paris, Spain lost Florida but gained French Louisiana and regained control of its colonies Cuba and the Philippines, which had been captured by Britain during the war. The Seven Years’ War could be called WWI as it involved every European power of the time and spanned 5 continents: Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines.