State Yacht with Dutch Ships | Willem van de Velde the Younger | 1673 20th Century was anchored under heavy guard

was anchored under heavy guard in the fortified harbor of Puerto Cabello

and laborious class of men

Furthermore

Gilbert captures the intensity of the battle through billowing gun smoke

the French under Commodore Guy-Victor Duperré managed to trap and defeat the British ships

State Yacht with Dutch Ships | Willem van de Velde the Younger | 1673 20th Century was anchored under heavy guardA States Yacht in a Fresh Breeze Running Towards a Group of Dutch Ships. A group of Dutch ships are gathered under a stormy sky, likely representing the Dutch fleet off the Texel in 1672. The scene includes a fishing pink with six people aboard, possibly marking a shipping channel, and a bezan yacht beyond it. A man of war is firing a salute. In the foreground, a sprit rigged States yacht, possibly of the States General, is shown in starboard quarter