COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
03618
Record number:
03618-8
JCB call number:
F678 E96a
Image title:
Reskontre van de Spanÿaerden tegens de Roovers voor de stadt Panama, Nevens het Verbranden en Ruÿneren van de selve stadt.
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
Image publisher:
[Jan ten Hoorn]
Image date:
[1678]
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 132
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
16.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
27.8 cm.
Page dimension height:
18.4 cm.
Page dimension width:
29.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Dutch
Description:
Attack on a city in Panama. At top the town is engulfed in flames. At bottom is a scene of warfare. Built environment includes dwellings, church and ships. Military aspects include guns or muskets, lances or spears, horses, and swords.
Source creator:
Exquemelin, A.O. (Alexander Olivier)
Source Title:
[Amerikaanse zeerovers] De Americaensche zee-roovers ...
Source place of publication:
Amsterdam
Source publisher:
By Jan ten Hoorn, Boeckverkoper ober 't oude Heeren Logement
Source date:
1678
notes:
Henry Morgan attacked the town of Portobelo on the northern coast of the Isthmus of Panama in June 1666. In a daring attack he took the town, held its citizens for ransom and repelled the Spanish troops who came to the aid of the town from the city of Panama.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1848.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Pirates
Subject headings:
Panama (Panama)--History--Destruction, 1671
Subject headings:
Buccaneers
Reskontre van de Spanÿaerden tegens de Roovers voor de stadt Panama, Nevens het Verbranden...
