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View of St Eustatius after the conquest by the British in 1781
Mourik, Bernardus
View of St Eustatius after the conquest by the British in 1781.
Afbeelding van het Eiland St. Eustachius, door de Engelschen veroverd den Twede February 1781.
Top right: In de Mercurius May 1781 Eerste Stuk Pag. 176.
The conquest of St Eustatius by the British occurred during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. In 1816 St Eustatius was returned to the Dutch.
Frederik Muller referred to den. Nederl. Mercurius as the source of this print in 'De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen'.
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