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Map of Marseille

Please see the link at the bottom of this item's description for a longer excerpt from Drake's New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels.

Map of North Africa

Please see the link at the bottom of this item's description for a longer excerpt from Heylyn's Cosmography.

19th century engraving of Saint Vincent speaking on behalf of the galley slaves in the French city of Marseille. Saint Vincent became Chaplain-General of the Galleys in 1622, while working for the General of the Galleys of France, Philippe-Emmanuel…

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Map of the Languedoc coast

An early engraving of Saint Vincent, included in the first edition of his first biography, written shortly after his death by Bishop Louis Abelly.

This engraving was based on a portrait by Simon François de Tours, painted during the saint's…