View of Siara

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View of Siara

Blaeu sr., Joan / Post, Frans

View of Siara.

Siara.

Key: A. Castrum. / B. Fluvius. / C. Via littus versus. / D. Sylva. / E. Campestria. / F. Montosa regio.

Bottom right: no. 24.

The print shows how the fort was captured by the Dutch from the Portuguese in 1637.

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Is part of:

Siara, fort (Fortaleza) Fortaleza

Creator

Blaeu sr., Joan (publisher)

Post, Frans (engraver / etcher)

Period

1645

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

41 x 53 cm41 x 53 cm

Number

1043 B 14, na p. 66 no. 24

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, key, flora

Inscription

Siara

Sources and literature

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