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Auction 131, Lot 839

"Tidore", Bry, Theodore de

Subject: East Indies - Indonesia

Period: 1606 (dated)

Publication: Petit Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.3 x 10.3 inches
33.8 x 26.2 cm
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This lively view illustrates the Dutch attack on the Portuguese fort at Tidore. It is from the account of Jacob van Neck's second voyage to the East Indies in which the Dutch began their conquest of the Spice Island trade.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $400 - $450

Sold for: $300

Closed on 3/17/2010

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