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View of the conquest of St Eustatius by the French in 1781
Kok, W. / Sallieth, Mattheus de
View of the conquest of St Eustatius by the French in 1781.
St. Eustatius door de Franschen hernomen: den 26sten November 1781.
Top left: AT I.
This is one of the prints contained in the pilot publication of the 'Atlas der Geschiedenissen van onzen Tyd'. After this initial test publication, the series was discontinued.
Cf. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, inv. nr. FM 4459, FM 4473b and FM 4473c.
During the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784) the WIC lost St Eustatius to the English. The French recaptured the island. At the Peace of Paris the island was returned to the Republic, along with the other West Indian possessions.
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