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De stadt Nyborg veroverdt door de Hr. Michiel de Ruiter, en 't slaan der Zweeden. Door de Deenen en der selfver bontgenooten op den 25 Nov. 1659 Stoopendael sculp

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De stadt Nyborg veroverdt door de Hr. Michiel de Ruiter, en 't slaan der Zweeden. Door de Deenen en der selfver bontgenooten op den 25 Nov. 1659 Stoopendael sculp

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Print shows the liberation of Nyborg, Denmark, by the Dutch fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter; shows a bird's-eye view of the walled city of Nyborg in the upper left with the Danish army ("F. Het Densche Leegre") approaching the city in the upper left corner and the harbor ("B. De Slips Haven") filled with ships of the Dutch fleet, de Ruyter's ship ("1. De Hr. Vice Adm. Michiel de Ruiter") is at left center; in the upper right are Dutch ships firing on the Swedish cannons ("D. Het Zweedts Kanon"). Includes a lettered key (A-F) that identifies geographic features and the combatants, and a numbered key (1-18) that identifies the Dutch ships by their captain ("Kapt.") or commander, not all the ships are identified, ("16. De Hr. Commanduer de Wildt") is among a group of unidentified ships at bottom center.

Printed at top right, above a ribbon cartouche: Pag. 194.

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01/01/1700
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Nyborg
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Library of Congress
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