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Capture of Olinda in Brazil by General Hendrick C. Loncq, 1630
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Capture of Olinda in Brazil by General Hendrick C. Loncq, 1630

anonymous · 1651 - 1656 · etching; paper

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Conquest of the city of Olinda in Pernambuco, Brazil, by a fleet of the WIC under Admiral Hendrick C. Loncq, February or March 1630. Two representations. Above, a view of Olinda from the water with some burning buildings. Below, the Dutch fleet lying off Olinda on the Brazilian coast. Numbered in the upper right: Fig. 10. fol 100. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Military affairs, Navy.

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printboekillustratieWest-Indische CompagnieHendrick Cornelisz. Loncqsailing-ship, sailing-boatOlinda
Credit lineVerovering van Olinda in Brazilië door generaal Hendrick C. Loncq, 1630. 1651 - 1656. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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