(COLONIAL WARS) Vue Perspective de la Descente des Francois

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(COLONIAL WARS.) Vue Perspective de la Descente des Francois à l'isle de Terre Neuve du Côté de Saint Jean à l'Occident. Hand-colored engraving, 12 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches; moderate wear, 4 early paper repairs on verso, one of them patching 1/2 inch of loss in the image area. Paris: Basset, circa 1770

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This vue d'optique print depicts the 20 June 1762 French capture of St. John's, Newfoundland from the British by a naval expedition led by Chevalier de Ternay. The French destroyed the valuable Newfoundland fishing fleet, but held the city for only 3 months before being driven out in the Battle of Signal Hill.