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View of Maragnon harbour

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View of Maragnon harbour

Anoniem / Anonymous / Blaeu sr., Joan

View of Maragnon harbour.

Maragnon.

Bottom right: no: 51.

Key: A. Fluvij ostium. / B. Scopulus. / C. Urbs S. Lodouici. / D. Castrum. / E. Suggestus torm. ad pedem montium iuxta littus. / F. Sacella in montibus posita. / G. Classis portum subiens. / H. Locus exscensionis nostroru:.

Cf. National Archives, The Hague, inv. nr. VELH 619.71.

The print shows the conquest of the city in 1641. In 1644 Maragnon fell into Portuguese hands once again.

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Sources and literature

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