COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
03502
Record number:
03502-8
JCB call number:
F644 L742h / 2-SIZE (copy 1)
Image title:
Afbeeldinghe vande Cabo St. Augustin ende Forten
Place image published:
[Leiden]
Image publisher:
[Bonaventuer & Abraham Elsevier]
Image date:
[1644]
Image function:
plate; following p. 382
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
26 cm.
Image dimension width:
34 cm.
Page dimension height:
31.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
38 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Dutch
Description:
Plan of the the fort at Cape Saint Augustine [Cabo de Santo Agostinho] or present-day Natal, the easternmost part of Brazil, on the mouth of the Rio Pousioucq [Rio Potengi?]. Cartographic elements include compass rose, sea banks or shoals, location of settlements, batteries, fortifications, and redoubts.
Source creator:
Laet, Joannes de, 1593-1649
Source Title:
Historie ofte Iaerlijck verhael van de verrichtinghen der Geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie, zedert haer begin, tot het eynde van 't jaer sesthien-hondert ses-en-dertich ...
Source place of publication:
Tot Leyden [Leiden]
Source publisher:
by Bonaventuer ende Abraham Elsevier
Source date:
1644
notes:
The bridgehead at the entrance to the harbour, "inkomen van de haven," was captured from the Portuguese by the Dutch West India Company in March 1634, by securing a foothold at the "Pontal." The Portuguese kept watch on the Dutch from their fort of Nazaré. The region remained in Dutch hands until 1646.
Time Period:
1601-1650
References:
Boxer, C. R. Dutch in Brazil, p. 52-53.
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Brazil--History--Dutch conquest, 1624-1654
Subject headings:
Fortification--Brazil
Afbeeldinghe vande Cabo St. Augustin ende Forten
