View of Fort Maurits on the Rio San Francisco

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View of Fort Maurits on the Rio San Francisco

Post, Frans / Blaeu sr., Joan

View of Fort Maurits on the Rio San Francisco.

Castrum Maurtitij Ad Ripam Fluminis S. Francisci.

Bottom right: no. 17.

Key: A. Castrum Mauritij. / B. Fluvius S. Francisci. C. Fuga hostis trans fluvium Sangalis / D. Insula amoenissimae.

A large group of men are shown crossing the river in small boats.

Cf. National Archives, The Hague, inv. nr. VELH 619.79.

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Is part of:

Maurits, fort (Penedo)

Creator

Post, Frans (engraver / etcher)

Blaeu sr., Joan (publisher)

Period

1647

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

41 x 53 cm41 x 53 cm

Number

1043 B 14, na p. 42 no. 17

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, fortification, building, ship / vessel, flora, Person, European, North and South Americans

Inscription

Castrum Maurtitij Ad Ripam Fluminis S. Francisci

Sources and literature

Barlaeus, Caspar, Rerum per octennium in Brasilia: et alibi nuper gestarum, sub præfectura illustrissimi comitis I. Mavritii [...] historia (1647)