Johan Maurits drives out the Portuguese

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Johan Maurits drives out the Portuguese

Meurs, Jacob van / Meurs, Jacob van

The governor of Brazil, Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen, drives out the Portuguese.

The scene shows the capture of the fort of Povaçon, or Boaventura near Porto Calvo in 1637. The fort subsequently remained in the hands of the West India Company until 1645.

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Is part of:

Bona Ventura, fort Porto Calvo

Creator

Meurs, Jacob van (publisher)

Meurs, Jacob van (engraver / etcher)

Period

ca. 1671

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

13,5 x 17 cm13,5 x 17 cm

Number

185 B 14 deel II, p. 467

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, battle / taking / war (fight), Person, European, flora, church / parsonage, building, procession

Sources and literature

Montanus, Arnout, De nieue en onbekende weereld: of beschrijving van America en 't Zuidland […] (1671)