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Auction 176, Lot 340
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"'T Neemen van de Suyker Prysen in de Bay de Todo los Santos", Commelin, Isaac

Subject: Baia de Todos os Santos, Brazil

Period: 1651 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.6 x 11 inches
37.1 x 27.9 cm
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This nice copper engraving shows the Dutch fleet capturing the fort at the entrance to the Baia de Todos os Santos, in 1627. Large inset plan of the bay is depicted in a scroll above the scene. Title in strapwork cartouche.

References:

Condition: B+

On a watermarked sheet with some light soiling and a couple printer's creases.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Unsold

Closed on 2/12/2020

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