[London: John Ogilby, c.1670.]
Coloured engraving. 270 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼").
The fort at Porto Calvo, controlling the passage of the Manguaba River in the Alagoas region, the frontline of Portuguese-Dutch hostilities in the early 1630s. From John Ogilby’s 'America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World' an English translation of Arnoldus Montanus’ 'Die Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld'.
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