Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Afbeeldingh Der heer rescontrete Water en te Lant op het Eylandt Tabago, Tusschen den Fransen Admirael d'Estrée, en den Heer Commandeur Binckes; In de meanden van February et Maert 1677.
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Accession number:
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62-66
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Record number:
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62-66
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JCB call number:
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Ho67 H779a /OVERSIZE
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Image title:
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Afbeeldingh Der heer rescontrete Water en te Lant op het Eylandt Tabago, Tusschen den Fransen Admirael d'Estrée, en den Heer Commandeur Binckes; In de meanden van February et Maert 1677.
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Creator 1:
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Romein de Hooghe
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Creator 1 dates:
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d. 1708
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image date:
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[ca. 1677]
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Image function:
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print
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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41.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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50.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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62 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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51.8 cm.
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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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Dutch
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Description:
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View of the attack of a fort from ships in harbor and by soldiers by land. Military aspects include naval battle, cannons, swords, guns or muskets, and fortifications. Five insets show plan of the bay, plan of Fort Sterreschans, profile of Fort Sterreschans, plan of another fort, and map of the island of Tobago.
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notes:
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The Dutch attempt to make Tobago a Dutch colony ended in 1677. The Dutch had landed in Tobago in 1624, but a series of European claimants, including the dukedom of Courland (in present-day Latvia), tried unsuccessfully to possess the island. In February and March 1677, the Dutch under the command of Jacob Binckes, a Dutch privateer, with only 700 soldiers and 15 ships, had repelled the French attack under the command of Admiral d'Estrée who had 24 ships and over 4,000 men. D'Estrée, however, returned in December 1677 and captured the weakened Dutch fort. Binckes had Fort Sterreschans, a star-shaped fort, built on Klip Bay when he arrived to claim the island for the Dutch in 1676.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.trinicenter.com/Tobago/TobagoWars.htm (Apr. 2003)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1962.
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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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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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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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Tobago, Battle of, 1677
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