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Second battle with the Portuguese fleet at Cabo Blanco, 1640
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Second battle with the Portuguese fleet at Cabo Blanco, 1640

Salomon Savery · 1645 - 1647 · etching; paper

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

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Second battle between the fleet of the WIC under Willem Cornelisz. Loos and the Portuguese fleet under Count de la Torre at Cabo Blanco (Branco), off the coast of Salvador (Bahia), 13 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. 43] 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 description
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printWest-Indische CompagnieWillem Cornelisz LoosSalvador
Credit lineTweede gevecht met de Portugese vloot bij Cabo Blanco, 1640. 1645 - 1647. Salomon Savery. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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