An 18th century chart of Bastia, Corsica

A sea chart of the Corsican port of Bastia, highlighting the defences. It was published in 'Recueil des principaux plans des ports et rades de la mer Méditerranée' by Joseph Roux le jeune (1725-93). This portable atlas of plans of ports of the Mediterranean was designed as a companion piece to his important 12-sheet atlas of the Mediterranean, a copy of which Nelson had aboard the 'Victory'.