Alagoa ad Austrum.

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• ARTIST: Arnoldus Montanus

• PUBLISHER: Published by Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1671

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 1/4 x 13 3/4" (284 x 350 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: From Montanus' "De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America". A fascinating view of a fort in Alagoa state, Brazil. While local fishermen gather in a large net in the shallow bay, a group of Portuguese merchants shade themselves on the beach. In the background, a long religious procession makes its way up the hill toward the fort.

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Black and white.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Central - South America, and the West Indies , South America