View of Puerto Rico

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View of Puerto Rico

Meurs, Jacob van / Meurs, Jacob van

View of Puerto Rico.

Porto Rico.

A ship flying the Dutch flag lies in the harbour.

The city of Puerto Rico was never entirely in the hands of the Dutch West India Company. They only held the fort of Canuela for a few months in 1625.

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Is part of:

San Felipe del Morro, fort San Juan

Creator

Meurs, Jacob van (engraver / etcher)

Meurs, Jacob van (publisher)

Period

ca. 1671

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

35,5 x 29,5 cm35,5 x 29,5 cm

Number

185 B 14 deel II, na p. 166

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

house, fortification, survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, European, anchorage / pier / harbour, ship / vessel, building, Person

Inscription

Porto Rico

Sources and literature

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