First battle with the Portuguese fleet at Itamaracá, 1640, Primu[m] praelium navale inter I. Tamaricam et Goianam XII Januar (title on object), First battle between the fleet of the WIC under Willem Cornelisz. Loos with the Portuguese fleet under Count de la Torre near the island of Itamaracá, off the coast of Brazil, January 12, 1640. In the air a winged banderole with the title and weapons. In the caption the explanation of the letters A-E and the numbers 1-6 in Latin. Plate [no. 42] in a series of 55 representations of the journey to and stay in Brazil of Count Johan Maurits of Nassau in

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