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<dl><dd>Presumably a translation from the Dutch, either from a printed or handwritten report</dd>
<dd>Broadside, with blank verso. Upper third of sheet with engraved illustration (18 x 39 cm.), consisting of the position of the Dutch and Spanish fleets; two medallion portraits, of Piet Heyn and Hendrik Cornelis Loncq; and, in the bottom left corner, a map of Cuba. Central and lower third of sheet with text, a narrative of the expedition and Dutch victory on 8 Sept. 1628 (in three wide columns) and a catalog of the prizes seized from the Spanish ships and turned over to the Dutch West India Company (in three narrow columns, the last five lines in one wide column)</dd>
<dd>Second impression of the text, and fourth version of the engraved illustration; for details and variants see Muller</dd>
<dd>Another edition of the text, in pamphlet form, published under title: Aussführlicher Bericht, wie es mit der Silber Flotta hergangen. [Germany, 1628?]</dd>
<dd>Cf. Muller, F. Amer. 3: 1544-1545, 1547</dd>
<dd>JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675</dd>
<dd>Alden, J.E. European Americana</dd>
<dd>Muller, F. Amer</dd>
<dd>Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Heyn, Piet, 1578-1629; Loncq, Hendrik Cornelis, 1568-; West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands); Silver fleet, Spanish</div>
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