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Bird's eye view of the fort of Keulen near the Rio Grande and environs

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Bird's eye view of the fort of Keulen near the Rio Grande and environs

Anoniem / Anonymous / Elsevier, B. / Elsevier, I.

Bird's eye view of the fort of Keulen near the Rio Grande and environs.

Afbeeldinghe van t'fort op Rio Grande ende belegeringhe.

In 1633 Matthias van Ceulen captured the fort of Reis Magos built in 1597 from the Portuguese. The fort was renamed Fort Ceulen and was to stay in Dutch hands until 1654.

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Sources and literature

Laet, Johannes de, Historie ofte iaerlijck verhael van de verrichtinghen der geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie (1644)