Praelium prope Portum Calvum, Joan Blaeu, between 1645 and 1647

Battle of porto calvo; brazilian landscape with many soldiers and a battle in the middle, a large palm tree at right; titled in cartouche in top left; lettered a-f within composition; numbered 1-12 within composition; illustration to caspar barlaeus' "rerum per octennium in brasilia" (amsterdam: 1647) etching. Date: between 1645 and 1647. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Gevechten bij Porto Calvo, 1637 Praelium prope Portum Calvum (titel op object), RP-P-1951-60