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Piet Heyn's conquest of the Treasure Fleet in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628

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Piet Heyn's conquest of the Treasure Fleet in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628

Visscher I, Nicolaas

Piet Heyn's conquest of the Treasure Fleet in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628.

Verovering vande Silver-vloot inde Bay Matanca A:o 1628.

Top left a portrait of Piet Heyn, top right one of Hendrick Lonck.

Key 1-20.

Because the Spaniards were in disarray, this was actually a relatively easy conquest. The capture yielded much-needed financial means for the WIC.

The inventory numbers FM 1593b and RP-P-OB-79.383 refer to the same copy of this print.

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Sources and literature

Heijer, H. den, De geschiedenis van de WIC (2002)