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The goldland Mississippi famous for wind speculation, 1720
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The goldland Mississippi famous for wind speculation, 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 the wind trade in a Dutch family. On the sheet below the plate an inscription in two columns. Print 59 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with caricatures on the Wind Trade or Stock Trade 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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