View of Fort Maurits near Penedo

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View of Fort Maurits near Penedo

Meurs, Jacob van / Meurs, Jacob van

View of Fort Maurits near Penedo.

Castrum Mauritij Ad ripam fluminis S. Francisci.

Key: A. Castrum Mauriti / B. Fluvius S.t Francisci / C. Insula Amoenissima..

This fort was the biggest Dutch fortification in Brazil.

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Is part of:

Maurits, fort (Penedo) Penedo

Creator

Meurs, Jacob van (publisher)

Meurs, Jacob van (engraver / etcher)

Period

ca. 1671

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

30 x 35,5 cm30 x 35,5 cm

Number

185 B 14 deel II, na p. 466

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

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

Inscription

Castrum Mauritij Ad ripam fluminis S. Francisci

Sources and literature

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