View of the fort of Nassau at Mouri

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View of the fort of Nassau at Mouri

Post, Frans / Blaeu sr., Joan / Brosterhuisen, Jan van

View of the fort of Nassau at Mouri.

Arx Nassovii.

Key: A. Arx. / B. Domus fabrilis. / C. Nigritaru sedes. / D. Navis in Statione sua. / E. Mare.

Bottom right: no: 23.

Cf. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. nr. NG-20-E and Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 185 B 14 part II, after p. 484, 1

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Is part of:

Nassau, fort (Mouri, Ghana) Mouri

Creator

Post, Frans (draughtsman)

Blaeu sr., Joan (publisher)

Brosterhuisen, Jan van (engraver / etcher)

Period

1645

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

41 x 53 cm41 x 53 cm

Number

1043 B 14, na p. 54 no. 23

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, key, ship / vessel, fortification, building, house, Person, Asians, Africans & Americans, European

Inscription

Arx Nassovii

Sources and literature

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