![Item #44395 [Copper-Engraved Map] Afbeeldinghe van Pariba ende Forten. Brazil, Isaac Commelin.](https://kaaterskillbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/44395.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699972089)
[Copper-Engraved Map] Afbeeldinghe van Pariba ende Forten.
[Amsterdam]: [Jodocus Janssonius], [ca. 1652]. 1 sheet. Copper engraving. 11 x 14.25 inches. About very good, edges reinforced, centerfold repaired on verso but still split, margins cut close to neat line, pin prick, edge wear, occasional soiling, one small ink burn near title. Item #44395
Double-page copper engraved plate from "Fredrick Hendrick Van Nassauw Prince Van Orangien Zyn Leven En Bedryf." (page 268). Labeled "Fol. 209" in top left corner. Image depicts the Dutch fleet on the River Paraiba in Brazil, and the Portuguese defenses.
When Spanish Crown and the Kingdom of Portugal formed a dynastic union (1580-1640), uniting the entire Iberian peninsula, as well as their colonies, the Dutch saw their opportunity to take advangage of Portuguese weakness by attacking their colonies, occupying large sections of Brazil including the whole Brazilian northeast, and in 1630 capturing Recife and Olinda in the captaincy of Pernambuco, the largest and richest sugar-producing area in the world.
Price: $225.00