Spain, Cádiz, Puerto de Santa Maria, Rota... Orlers, 1610, Calis Malis

17th-century copper engraving depicting the Bay of Cádiz with the city of Cadiz, located on a pensinsula of the Spanish peninsula, at its center. It shows the defeat of the Spanish fleet by the English and Dutch fleets at Cadiz, July 1, 1596.

An Anglo-Dutch fleet with troops under the command of the Earl of Essex, succeeded in landing in the city on 30 June 1596. The Spanish fleet, which had retreated to the Bay, was destroyed. The invading troops seized and set fire to the city, taking as hostages well-known public figures, who were then transported to London.

Philip II of Spain decided to fortify the city in the wake of this disaster, entrusting the project to the architect-engineer Cristóbal de Rojas, so that Cádiz could not be invaded again.

Published in 1610 in Leiden (Netherlands) by J.J. Orlers in ´Den Nassauschen Lauren-Crans: Beschrijvinghe ende af-beeldinge van alle de victorien ... die Godt Almachtich de ... Staten der Vereenichde Nederlanden verleent heeft, deur het wijs ende clouck beleyt des Hooch-ghebooren Fursts Maurits van Nassau´

Ref: FMH 1045. Hollstein Dutch 47-89

Excellent condition

Image 22,5x31cm, page 31,5x37cm