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Kurtze und grundliche erzehelung der Machtigen vnd vbertrefflichen Armada Schiffen der Mugenden Edl. Herrn Staten, vnderm beleit des Hochgeb. Printzen Mauritij von Nassauw

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Kurtze und grundliche erzehelung der Machtigen vnd vbertrefflichen Armada Schiffen der Mugenden Edl. Herrn Staten, vnderm beleit des Hochgeb. Printzen Mauritij von Nassauw

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Print shows birdseye view of many sailing ships coming into the harbor near the island of Vulpen and map of the area around Biervliet, Vlissingen and Sluis in the Netherlands. Includes plan of the forts and locations of troops and camps of the United Provinces. The Siege of Sluis (1604), a series of military actions, took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War from 19 May to 19 August 1604. This print shows the successful landing of Dutch and English ships under the command of Maurice of Nassau in April 1604.
Title from caption above text description.
Engraving by Pieter Keere in Hauslab Album, plate 9. Print reads: "Petrus Kaerius Caelavit" in lower left corner of image.
Lengthy description in German on the left side of print. Caption information in print in Dutch and French.
Paas, J.R. German political broadsheet, 1600-1700 Vol. 1, P-48
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 9.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 9.
Original album; Purchase; 1950.
Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were housed in blind-tooled morocco album 11 x 17 in. Original binding in P&P Suppl. Archives.
Cropped sheet: LC-USZ62-57762.

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01/01/1604
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