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The Goldland Mississippi Famous for the Wind Trade, 1720
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The Goldland Mississippi Famous for the Wind Trade, 1720

anonymous · 1720 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Landscape on the Mississippi with fights between the local population and Europeans. In the four corners, medallions with depictions of the consequences of wind trading in a Dutch family. On the sheet below the plate, a two-column caption. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trading of 1720.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHet door de windnegotie befaamde goudland Mississippi, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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