Document: Description of the Water Entertainment, by order of the Ed. Magistrate of the City of Amsterdam, in honor of the Grand Muscovite Embassy, ​​appointed on the 1st of September 1697

Holding Institution
Amsterdam City Archives - Stadsarchief Amsterdam
Document ID
SA-010094000251
Description

Description of the Water Entertainment, by order of the Ed. Magistrate of the City of Amsterdam, in honor of the Grand Muscovite Embassy, ​​appointed on the 1st of September 1697

Document Date
1697-09-01
Document Date (Date Type)
1697-09-01

Water Entertainment 1697

Translation
Translation

Amsterdam has often been described as "A forest of masts", and this water entertainment helps to give context to that statement.    A city that used entire fleets of ships to entertain Peter the Great on his trip from Moscow was indeed wealthy, and technologically advanced.    Czar Peter the Great stayed in the Netherlands for some time and conducted a serious study of the innovations in shipbuilding that made the Dutch merchant and warships so famous.

Description of the Water Entertainment, by order of the Ed. Magistrate of the City of Amsterdam, in honor of the Grand Muscovite Embassy, ​​appointed on September 1, 1697 Description and illustration of the mock battle on the IJ, offered by the city of Amsterdam to Czar Peter the Great, September 1, 1697. Dimensions of print: 190 x 270 mm

References

Courtesy of Amsterdam City Archives

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    010094000251

Location
Modern Location
Amsterdam, Holland
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
SA - Prints, Drawings, Artwork
Item
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/8a91230a-b37f-473e-5d82-06dcdf33a233/media/53146e0f-c0b1-f53d-8c15-8955fb4922bb?mode=detail&view=horizontal&rows=1&page=455&fq%5B%5D=search_i_sk_date:%5B1601%20TO%201759%5D&sort=random%7B1741443975030%7D%20asc