Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Fluvius grandis
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Accession number:
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01631
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Record number:
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01631-44
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JCB call number:
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F671 M765n / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Fluvius grandis
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Jacob Meurs]
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Image date:
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[1671]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 426
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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28.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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35 cm. [both pages]
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Page dimension height:
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31.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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37 cm. [both pages]
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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View near the mouth of a large river. Includes fortifications, black men [slaves?] unloading from boats and carrying the loads along a road, horses, dog, and European soldiers marching in battalion. Items in the image are numbered for identification, but no key is provided in image or in the text.
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Source creator:
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Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
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Source Title:
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De Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
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Source place of publication:
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t'Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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By Jacob Meurs Boek-verkooper en Plaet-snyder, op de Kaisars-graf, schuin over de wester-markt, in de stad Meurs
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Source date:
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1671
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notes:
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Text describes the prefecture of Rio Grande (do Norte) and the fort built there on the Potengi. In 1597, the Portuguese built a fortress on the banks of the Potengi River at the mouth of the Amazon River. Begun by Alburquerque Maranhão in 1598, the fort was named Forte dos Santos Reis (or Fort of the Three Wise Men). The Dutch captured and held the fort (which they named Van Ceulen Fort) from 1633 to 1654.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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Edmundson, G. "The Dutch power in Brazil," English Historical Review (1900), p. 38-57; http://www.v-brazil.com/information/geography/rio-grande-do-norte.html (July 2006)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1847.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Brazil--History--Dutch conquest, 1624-1654
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