COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
11352c
Record number:
11352c-1
JCB call number:
585 E96t
Image title:
Pascaert van de ghelegentheyt van Parnambuc betrocken door Hessel Gerritsz.
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
Image publisher:
[Jan Frederickszoon Stam]
Image date:
[1630]
Image function:
fold-out plate; following end
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
14.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
36 cm.
Page dimension height:
18.3 cm.
Page dimension width:
38.6 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Dutch
Description:
Bird's eye view of the settlement of Olinda in the capitania of Pernambuco, Brazil. Includes the island of Antonio Vaz and site of present-day Recife. Cartographic elements include scales, compass rose, topographical details, soundings, and sea banks or shoals. Includes scene of warfare, battlions marching, guns or muskets, and fortifications. Items in the image are identified in key at lower right.
Source creator:
Loncq, Hendrik Cornelis, b. 1568
Source Title:
A true relation of the vanquishing of the towne Olinda, cituated in the capitania of Phernambuco ...
Source place of publication:
At Amstelredam [Amsterdam]
Source publisher:
Printed by Ian Fredericksz Stam in de Hope
Source date:
M. DC. XXX. [1630]
notes:
The Dutch and the West India Company made their second, and more successful, attempt to colonize Brazil in 1629, after a brief possession of São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos from 1624 to 1625. Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncq, commander of the Dutch fleet, arrived at Pernambuco in February 1630 with a fleet of 67 ships. By February 16,1630, the Dutch were in possession of Olinda; by March all Portuguese resistance was over and the Dutch were masters of Recife, Olinda, and the island of Antonio Vaz.
Time Period:
1601-1650
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Brazil--History--Dutch conquest, 1624-1654
Subject headings:
Brazil--Maps
Pascaert van de ghelegentheyt van Parnambuc betrocken door Hessel Gerritsz.
