212 - [Algeria - Hand-drawn map]. Map of the Attack on the City, Pier, and Fleet of Algiers.

[Algeria - Hand-drawn map]. Map of the Attack on the City, Pier, and Fleet of Algiers. [n.p., after 1816]. A hand-drawn map measuring 49 x 78 cm, in pencil, ink, watercolor, and wash on paper (slight browning). A curious hand-drawn map in Italian depicting the attack on Algiers on August 27, 1816, by the fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Exmouth. The map depicts the city, the pier, the fortifications, and the batteries, as well as the positions of the various ships involved in the operation, several of which are named, notably the Queen Charlotte, the Leander, the Superb, the Minden, the Albion, and the Impregnable, as well as the Dutch squadron. A legend specifies, among other things, the number of cannons and mortars defending the harbor, as well as the fleet’s armament. Below the title is the handwritten notation “Gmo Gosset Mag.re Command. Regio Ingegnere,” likely referring to William Gosset (1782–1848), a major in the Royal Engineers, who participated in the 1816 expedition to Algiers and took part in surveying the defenses and the harbor after the bombardment.