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Burning of the sugar mills at All Saints' Bay near Salvador, ca. 1640-1641
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Burning of the sugar mills at All Saints' Bay near Salvador, ca. 1640-1641. Several Dutch ships off the coast. In the sky a winged scroll with the title decorated with two smoke horns and a laurel wreath. In the caption the explanation of the letters A-E in Latin. Plate no. 46 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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVerbranden van de suikermolens aan de Allerheiligenbaai bij Salvador, ca. 1640-1641. 1645 - 1647. Jan van Brosterhuyzen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.