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Third battle with the Portuguese fleet at Paraiba, 1640
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Third battle between the fleet of the WIC under Willem Cornelisz. Loos and the Portuguese fleet under Count de la Torre off the coast of Paraíba, 14 January 1640. A winged scroll in the sky bearing the title and two smoke horns. The legend explains the letters A-E and the numbers 1-7 in Latin. Plate [no. 44] 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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDerde gevecht met de Portugese vloot bij Paraiba, 1640. 1645 - 1647. Salomon Savery. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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