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A view of Olinda and a bird's eye view of the same city

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A view of Olinda and a bird's eye view of the same city

Matthijsz, Paulus

A view of Olinda and a bird's eye view of the same city.

Villa D. Olinda D. Pernambuco.

According to Frederik Muller, this print is taken from: Isaac Commelin, 'Fredrick Hendrick van Nassauw prince va

Orangien zyn leven en bedryf', Amsterdam 1652.

The inventory numbers Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, inv. nr. FM 1659a and RP-P-OB-79.394 refer to the same copy of the print.

Top right Fig. 10 Fol. 100.

Cf. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, inv. nr. FM 1659b and FM 1656.

Both views probably depict the conquest of Olinda by the WIC in 1629.

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Sources and literature

Commelin, Isaac, Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw prince van Orangien (II) (1652)