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View of Olinda
Meurs, Jacob van / Meurs, Jacob van
View of Olinda.
Olinda de Phernambuco.
Key: A. Navale / B. Monasterium in Insula Antonie vaes. / C. Hospitium domini Prefectus H.C. Lonck. / D. Ecclesia Pagi Povo. / E. Promptuaria Sacharo, Ab Hispanen ique delecta. / F. Vallum ferrestre cum nonnullis fortalitus. / G. Monasterium Sancti Benedicti dictum Bento. / H. Sancti Antoni. / I. S.ta Francisci. / K. Ecclesia Magna. / L. Ecclesia Jesuitarum. / M. Promontorium ex virgultis Aggestium.
On the beach indicated as F, several figures are busying themselves with cannon.
A Dutch vessel is shown sinking near the Castellum Marinum.
This plate shows the capture of Recife in 1630.
Cf. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. nr. FM 1656 / RP-P-OB-78.197.
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