Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Battle of Gibraltar, 1607 (Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory) 36°08'00"N 05°21'00"W
1607 or laterLetterpress text on six pieces of paper, joined to give four columns; mounted side by side on one sheet of paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 53.5 x 38.9 cm (mount) | RCIN 721130.b
Letterpress explanatory text (with RCIN 721130.c) to RCIN 721130.a. Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence (1568-1648).
Each of the four columns carries the printed numbers in the margin at the bottom of the column: 1; 2; [3 is cropped and pasted to the top of:] 4; [5 is cropped and pasted to the top of :] 6.
Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1571-1638) (publisher) [bottom right, at foot of column 13 on RCIN 721130.c:] t’AMSTERDAM / By Willem Iansz. Blaeuw, op’t Water / in de vergulde Sonne-wijser.
Subject(s)
Jacob van Heemskerck, Admiral (1567-1607)Navy-NetherlandsNavy-SpainWatermark: Text: none visible. Mount: indistinct: three hills in a double circle?
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration along edge of text from adhesive, some pressure marks
53.5 x 38.9 cm (mount)
31.6 x 8.0 cm (sheet first column)
31.8 x 8.2 cm (sheet second column)
32.3 x 9.4 cm (sheet third column)
32.7 x 9.3 cm (sheet fourth column)
3.8 x 88.5 cm (sheet title strip)
Printed title:
VVare afbeeldinghe van de gheweldighe Slach terzee / [printed character] tusschen de Armade des Konings van Spangien / [printed character] ende de Schepen van Oorloghe de E. M. H. Staten der vereenichde Nederlanden / [printed character] ondert beleyt / van den waren Edelen ende Erntfesten Admirael Jacob Heemskerck van Amsterdam/ [printed character] gheschiet den rrven April M DC VII. op de Reede voor de Stadt van Gibraltar. [printed in Gothic characters on four pieces pf paper; joined and pasted across top of mount, folded in from each edge to accommodate the smaller size of the mount]
Additional text:
[top of column 1:] KLAER / ENDE / Waerachtich ver= / hael van den Scheeps-strydt/ [printed character] / gheschiet den 25. April 1607. op de Ree= | de van Gibraltar/ [printed character] tusschē de Armade des Konings / van Hispanien ter eender / [printed character] ende de Oorlog-sche= / pen der E. M. H. Staten der Vereenigde / Nederlanden ter ander zijden.
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Bay of Gibraltar 25th April 1607.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1607. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Pugnæ Navalis Effigies quæ a Classe Armata Regis Hispaniæ atque Ordinum Provinciarum Confœderatarum Navibus Præsidiariis sub auspicio Architalassi Jacobi Heemskerckii peracta est sub Propugnaculis Civitatis Gibraltar, 25 Aprilis 1607: cum Effigie Heemskerckii. 3 tab: et Descriptione: apud Blaeu. [The same entry appears under the heading Gibraltar]
Subject(s)
Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory (36°08'00"N 05°21'00"W)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2805-2808
Page revisions
23 May 2024
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