Fourth battle with the Portuguese fleet at the Rio Grande, 1640

Fourth battle between the fleet of the WIC under Willem Cornelisz. Loos and the Portuguese fleet under Count de la Torre near the Rio Grande, off the coast of Salvador (Bahia), 17 January 1640. A winged scroll in the sky bearing the title and the coats of arms of the opposing parties in the naval battle. The legend explains the letters A-B and the numbers 1-6 in Latin. Plate [no. 45] in a series of 55 depictions of the journey to and the stay in Brazil of Count Johan Maurits of Nassau in the years 1636-1644.