View of Fort Nassau on Mouri

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View of Fort Nassau on Mouri

Brosterhuisen, Jan van / Post, Frans / Blaeu sr., Joan

View of Fort Nassau on Mouri.

Arx Nassovii.

The print is taken from the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, but was originally incorporated in Caspar Barlaeus, 'Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia Gestarum Historia', Amsterdam 1647. See also Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 1043 B 14, after p. 54 no. 23. Key: A. Arx. / B. Domus fabrilis. / C. Nigritaru sedes. / D. Navis in Statione sua. / E. Mare.

Bottom right: no: 23.

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Is part of:

Nassau, fort (Mouri, Ghana) Mouri

Creator

Brosterhuisen, Jan van (engraver / etcher)

Post, Frans (draughtsman)

Blaeu sr., Joan (publisher)

Period

1645

Material

paper

Technique

coloured engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

40,5 x 52,5 cm40,5 x 52,5 cm

Number

Van der Hem 35:44

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, key, fortification, building, house, ship / vessel, Person, Asians, Africans & Americans, European

Inscription

Arx Nassovii

Sources and literature

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

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)