A fine rendering of the fortified city on a small peninsula with a French ship under full sail in the foreground and vast mountains in the background. A galley is underway with oars at the ready. Picture frame border and second title in Latin. Gigeri was about 120 miles from Algiers on the Barbary Coast. The French maintained a factory and fort there until the Arabs routed them in 1664.
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Condition: B
Good impression and coloring. Fingernail sized portion of margin missing to plate mark. Map fully backed with heavy paper.