PONTA TAMANDERE, Brazil. Copper engraving in glass and frame, 1673
Grafik, karta. 1673.
Gott skick.
Ponta Tamandere. Original copper engraving, mounted under glass in a later frame. A harbour view of Ponta Tamandere (or Ponta Tamandaré) in Brazil, depicting Dutch and Portuguese warships at anchor. First published in Arnoldus Montanus’ De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America (1671). This copper engraving may derive either from that edition or from the German one of 1673. Engraved by Jacob van Meurs.
22.5 × 19 cm. 0.270 kg.
A fine copper engraving with a 0.5 cm spot in the left margin. Presented in a solid later frame, well preserved.
