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Image of a map that features a Dutch colony with enslaved people working on a highly automated (mechanical) sugar plantation. The land, its products, and people were considered Dutch property.
Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), Dutch,Pernambuco North, 1662 edition, engraving with hand coloring, Robert and Sonia Carringer Art Acquisitions Fund; Maureen Warren and Allison Hansen. 2020-2-2