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l'Neeman van de Suyker Prysen in de Bay de Tode los Santos Anno 1627; Bahia (Brazil) October 1627
This print shows the frustrated Dutch naval siege of All Saint´s Bay (Salvador, Brazil) on 6 June 1627, under the command of Admiral Piet Heyn. While the siege failed, the Dutch succeeded in seizing suger-laden Portuguese vessels.
This is a reversed printing of folio 23 of Isaak Commelyn´s 'Fredrick Henrick van Nassauw prince va orangien zyn leven en bedryf' (Utrecht, 1651 and 1652). Also published in Gregorio Leti´s 'Teatro Belgico' Vol II (Amsterdam, 1690).
The original version of the print is also in the collection [PAF4451].
This is a reversed printing of folio 23 of Isaak Commelyn´s 'Fredrick Henrick van Nassauw prince va orangien zyn leven en bedryf' (Utrecht, 1651 and 1652). Also published in Gregorio Leti´s 'Teatro Belgico' Vol II (Amsterdam, 1690).
The original version of the print is also in the collection [PAF4451].
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF4452 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Salvador |
| Date made: | 1645 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 298 mm x 382 mm; Image: 279 mm x 271 mm; Mount: 402 mm x 556 mm |