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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
03618
Record number:
03618-4
JCB call number:
F678 E96a
Image title:
[Morgan resolveett om de Stadt Porto Ville aen te tasten, rust sijn Vloot toe, en verovert de Stadt met weynigh macht.]
Creator 1:
H. P. Brugge
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
Image publisher:
[Jan ten Hoorn]
Image date:
[1678]
Image function:
plate; following p. 88
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
16.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
12.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
18.4 cm.
Page dimension width:
14.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Dutch
Description:
Porto-Bello under seige by pirates. Scenes of warfare with pirates using swords, guns, and spears.
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:
Captain Henry Morgan attacked and plundered the city of Portobelo [in Panama] through which the riches of the Spanish Indies passed. The seige might have failed, but Morgan had his men take ladders and climb over the walls into the fortifications. Image title taken from chapter title.
Time Period:
1651-1700
References exhibitions:
Klooster, W. Dutch in the Americas, Fig. 6.11
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1848.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Pirates
Subject headings:
Buccaneers
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