This finely engraved view shows the heavily armed Fort of the Three Wise Men on the Potengi River in present-day Natal. In the foreground, Dutch soldiers supervise natives unloading goods from small rowing boats. “Fluvius Grandis, Montanus, Arnoldus
Engraving of the Fort of the Three Kings in Natal, 1671
Montanus’s work was perhaps the largest illustrated book on the New World produced in the 17th century.
It contained more than one hundred beautifully engraved plates, views and maps of North and South America.
The plates vividly depicted forts, festivals, occupations, Dutch fleets, battles, religious rites and native customs.
This important work was translated into German by Olivier Dapper and into English by John Ogilby. Several of the plates were later acquired by Pierre Vander Aa.
This finely engraved view shows the heavily armed Three Kings Fort on the Potengi River in present-day Natal. In the foreground, Dutch soldiers supervise natives unloading goods from small rowing boats. “Fluvius Grandis, Montanus, Arnoldus
Engraving of Forte dos Reis Magos in Natal, 1671 – Historical Engravings of Brazil
