Adina Sommer
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Adina Sommer`s Rare Antique Maps and Contemporary Art
Baie de la Praya. (Ile San Iago.)
| Article ID | AF0407 |
| Artist | Lemercier / Levasseur (1838-1875) |
| Huge Parisian firm of lithographic printers founded by Joseph Rose Lemercier (1803-1887), who began as the foreman for Langlumé in 1825. Working on his own account from 1827, 1829-36 in partnership with Bénard association formed in 1837 according to IFF catalogue for Joseph Lemercier. The firm was still active in 1841. | |
| Title | Baie de la Praya. (Ile San Iago.) |
| Year | ca. 1830 |
| Description | total view of the island Santiago with the city of Praia, the Republic of Kap Verde. |
| The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese explorers discovered and colonized the islands, establishing the first European settlement in the tropics. Ideally located for the Atlantic slave trade, the islands grew prosperous throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, attracting merchants, privateers, and pirates. The end of slavery in the 19th century led to economic decline and emigration. Cape Verde gradually recovered as an important commercial center and stopover for shipping routes. Incorporated as an overseas department of Portugal in 1951, the islands continued to agitate for independence, which was peacefully achieved in 1975. The islands of the Cape Verde archipelago were discovered by Genoese and Portuguese navigators around 1456. In 1462, Portuguese settlers arrived at Santiago and founded a settlement they called Ribeira Grande. In the 16th century, the archipelago prospered from the Atlantic slave trade. Pirates occasionally attacked the Portuguese settlements. Sir Francis Drake, an English corsair privateering under a letter of marque granted by the English crown, twice sacked the (then) capital Ribeira Grande in 1585 when it was a part of the Iberian Union. After a French attack in 1712, the town declined in importance relative to nearby Praia, which became the capital in 1770. | |
| Place of Publication | Paris |
| Dimensions (cm) | 25 x 33,5 |
| Condition | Perfect condition |
| Coloring | colored |
| Technique | Lithography |
Reproduction:
37.50 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )