Copperplate Engraving of the Port of Lima from 1671 by Jacob van Meurs
By Jacob van Meurs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of the masterwork of Dutch theologian, explorer, and missionary Arnoldus Mantanus De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld from 1671, this theatrical scene of the Port of Lima displays a bustling Harbour full of masted ships. One of the richest cities of the New World, Lima became the capital of the largest colonial viceroyalty of the Spanish crown...
1670s Dutch Baroque Antique Jacob van Meurs
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