Relation de la prinse de la ville de Sainct Salvador, scituee dans la Baya de Todos los Santos au Brasil par Jacques Willekens.

Format:

Book

Series:

Brazilian and Portuguese history and culture: Oliveira Lima Library, Monographs.

Brazilian and Portuguese history and culture: Oliveira Lima Library, Monographs

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands).

History.

Brazil--History--Dutch Conquest, 1624-1654--Early works to 1800.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (folded)).

Other Title:

Relation de la prise de la ville de Saint Salvador

Place of Publication:

A Paris : Chez Melchoir Tavernier, [1624?]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

An account of Jacob Willekens's victory over the Portuguese ships in the Baya de Todos Los Santos, May 1624. The engraved illustrations at the top of the sheet portrays the battle scene with the city of San Salvador in the background and includes a small map of the coast of Brazil. The engraving is also found in a 1651 life of Willem and Maurits of Nassau by Jan Orlers, with the caption "Capture of the Bay Todos los Santos by the Admiral Jacob Wilckes, 9 May 1624"; see comments by Moraes.

Date of pulication based on date of the event, 9 May 1624.

Title from caption title at head of text.

Reproduction of the original from Oliveira Lima Library, The Catholic University of America.

OCLC:

956407438

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.