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Name of Object:

Chorographical plan of the attack waged by Lord Exmouth against Algiers on 27 August 1816

Name in original language:

Plan / de l'attaque donnée à Alger / par S.E. Lord Exmouth / le 27. Août 1816. / et levé sur le lieu même par un Ingénieur / de la Flotte Anglaise / publié à Turin en décembre 1816. / Avec permission et privilege du Roi

Location:

Turin, Italy

Holding Institution:

State Archives of Turin

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Holding Institution (original language):

Archivio di Stato di Torino

Date of Object:

December 1816

Author:

Joseph Conti

Dimensions:

48,9 x 65,4 cm

Description:

In the spring 1816, a large Anglo-Dutch fleet headed by Admiral Lord Exmouth forced the three Ottoman regencies of the so-called “Barbary Coast” (the coastline of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli; “Barbary” comes from “Berber”, the name given to the original people and culture of North-West Africa) to release Christian captives and to sign agreements over the abolition of corsairing, or privateering, and the enslavement of captives. In August, the Anglo-Dutch fleet returned to Algiers and made additional demands to the Turkish regent, who refused to comply. Lord Exmouth then ordered a heavy bombardment that destroyed the Algerian navy and part of the city of Algiers.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

ASTo, Carte Topografiche e disegni, Carte Topografiche Segrete, Algeri 3 E I Rosso (1816)

Citation of this web page:

Edoardo Garis, Giulia Barrera "Chorographical plan of the attack waged by Lord Exmouth against Algiers on 27 August 1816" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;83;en;N

Prepared by: Edoardo Garis, Giulia Barrera
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 083

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