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Photo, Print, Drawing View of Santo Domingo under Siege, 1585-1586.

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Title

  • View of Santo Domingo under Siege, 1585-1586.

Summary

  • This hand-colored engraved plate by Johann Theodor de Bry (born in Liège in 1561, died in Frankfurt-am-Main in 1623), is from the German edition of de Bry's Grands voyages (Great voyages), an enterprise begun by de Bry's father, Theodor de Bry (1528--98). The work ultimately consisted of ten illustrated volumes on the colonization of the Americas. This 1599 engraving is a bird's-eye panoramic view showing the city, harbor, and river of Santo Domingo (present-day Dominican Republic), with the fleet of the English privateer Sir Francis Drake at anchor. To the left, troops are being landed and are marching in formation to mount an attack on the city walls. The episode depicted took place in 1586, early in the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585--1604, when Drake captured Santo Domingo from the Spanish and held it for ransom. The engraving is from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library

Names

  • Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Frankfurt : de Bry, 1599.

Headings

  • -  Dominican Republic--Santo Domingo
  • -  1586
  • -  Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604
  • -  Battles
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
  • -  Forts and fortifications
  • -  Military operations, Naval
  • -  Ships
  • -  Soldiers
  • -  Spain--Colonies

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 engraving; 16.2 x 21.2 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Brown University Library.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670164

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bry, Johann-Theodor De, Artist. View of Santo Domingo under Siege, -1586. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, 1599. Frankfurt: de Bry. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670164/.

APA citation style:

Bry, J. D. (1599) View of Santo Domingo under Siege, -1586. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, 1599. Frankfurt: de Bry. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670164/.

MLA citation style:

Bry, Johann-Theodor De, Artist. View of Santo Domingo under Siege, -1586. Frankfurt: de Bry. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670164/>.