Corunna Collection

Recruiting poster for the 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Recruiting poster for the 7th (or The Queen?s Own) Regiment of (Light Dragoons), 1809.The 7th (or The Queen?s Own) Regiment of (Light Dragoons) had served in Sir John Moore

Death of Sir John Moore, 17 Jan 1809. Aquatint by T Sutherland, after W Heath, published by J Jenkins, 2 Jan 1815. At the Battle of Corunna, Peninsular War (1808-1814)

Safe. 16th century. Spain
Safe. 16th century. Cast iron and fretwork. Maria Pita House-Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain

Small amphoras. 16th-18th centuries. Maria Pita House Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain (From the Archaeological Museum of A Coruna)

Nautical astrolabe, 1571. Spain
Nautical astrolabe, 1571. Maria Pita House Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain

Astronomical astrolabe, 1598. Maria Pita House Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain

Ballestilla. 16th century
Ballestilla (Jacob's staff). Navigational instrument used to calculate the height of the sun and other celestial bodies over the horizon for use in nautical navigation. 16th century

Maria Pita (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. Anonymous portrait
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Memorial of Maria Pita
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna against the attack of the English Armada in 1589

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Death Certificate
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna against the attack of the English Armada

Letter sent by King Philip II to City Council of La Coruna
Philip II (1527-1598). King of Spain. Letter sent by King Philip II to the City Council of La Coruna thanking the city for its resistance to the English siege

Siege of Corunna by the English Armada, 1589
Diary and relation of the siege of Corunna by the English Armada, 1589, by Captain Juan Varela. Manuscript, facsimile of the 19th century. From the Royal Galician Academy. Maria Pita House Museum

Maria Pita House Museum. Exterior facade. Corunna, Galicia, Spain

Spain, Galicia, Santiago de Compostela. Cathedral of Santiago. Mondragon Chapel or Chapel of Piety. Built between 1521 and 1526 by Jacome Garcia

Castro of Barona. Iron Age Settlement, 1st century BC-1st century AD. Galicia, province of La Coruna, Spain. Date: 2014

Republican Submarine B. 6 off Corunna; Spanish Civil War, 1
Photograph showing the Republican Government's submarine B.6 on the surface, viewed from the deck of the Nationalist cruiser Velasco, off Corunna, 10th September 1936

Battle of Corunna (Battle of Elvina), Galicia, Spain, 16 January 1809, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). It was fought by Great Britain and Spain against France. Date: 1809

The Burial of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (1761-1809), commander of the British forces during the Spanish War (1808-1809), killed in the Battle of Corunna on 16 January 1809

Francisco Franco
General Francisco Franco visiting the works of Valle de los Ca�s (Valley of the Fallen)

Grave of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, La Coruna, Spain
The Grave of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore - British Soldier and General (1761-1809) at the San Carlos Garden, A Coruna (La Coruna or Corunna), Galicia, Spain

Sir John Hope / Craig
SIR JOHN HOPE 4TH EARL OF HOPETOUN British military commander during the Napoleonic War Date: 1765 - 1823

SPAIN. Santiago de Compostela. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. High Altar (18th c.). Baroque art. Sculpture

MATEO, Maestro (1161-1217). Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. Portico da Gloria. 1168-1188. SPAIN. Santiago de Compostela. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Romanesque art. Sculpture on rock

The Grave of Sir John Moore at Corunna
The Grave of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore - British Soldier and General (1761-1809) at the San Carlos Garden, A Coruna (La Coruna or Corunna), Galicia, Spain

Musicians from A Coruna, Spain
Musicians from A Coruna (La Coruna), Spain - an older man playing a form of bagpipes and a boy with a side drum. Date: circa 1908

Battle of Corunna
During the Peninsula War, the 42nd Highlanders attempt to hold off the French army at the village of Elvina near Corunna, Spain, to enable evacuation of thousands of British troops by sea

Republican Submarine B. 6 sinking off Corunna; Spanish Civi
Photograph showing the Republican Governments submarine B.6 sinking, viewed from the deck of the Nationalist cruiser Velasco, off Corunna, 10th September 1936

Sir John Hope / Cardon
SIR JOHN HOPE 4TH EARL OF HOPETOUN British commander in the Peninsula War, the Walcheren Expedition and in France

Moore at Corunna
Sir John Moore retreats to Corunna

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