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Second battle with the Portuguese fleet at Cabo Blanco, 1640
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Second battle with the Portuguese fleet at Cabo Blanco, 1640

Salomon Savery · 1645 - 1647 · etching; paper

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Second battle between the fleet of the WIC under Willem Cornelisz. Loos and the Portuguese fleet under Count de la Torre near Cabo Blanco (Branco), off the coast near Salvador (Bahia), 13 January 1640. In the sky a winged scroll with the title and two smoke horns. In the caption the explanation of the letters A-E and the numbers 1-7 in Latin. Plate no. 43 in a series of 55 depictions of the journey to and stay in Brazil of Count Johan Maurits of Nassau in the years 1636-1644.

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printWest-Indische CompagnieWillem Cornelisz Loos
Credit lineTweede gevecht met de Portugese vloot bij Cabo Blanco, 1640. 1645 - 1647. Salomon Savery. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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