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Destruction of the Spanish silver fleet by the English off the Canary Islands, 1657
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Conquest and destruction of the Spanish silver fleet by the English fleet under Admiral Robert Blake at Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Canary Islands, 30 April 1657. On the sheet a text is printed below the plate of 2 columns in Dutch, translated from English. Probably an old plate with a depiction of the destruction of Spanish ships was reused for the print.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVernietiging van de Spaanse zilvervloot door de Engelsen op de Canarische eilanden, 1657. 1657. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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