View of the fort of El Mina

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View of the fort of El Mina

Meurs, Jacob van / Meurs, Jacob van / Borremans, Reynoud

View of the fort of El Mina.

Casteel del Mina.

The second fort depicted in Coenraadsburg.

Dr Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) published a large number of books after 1663. He wrote a history of the city of Amsterdam and furnished the first Dutch translation of Herodotus. But he is known particularly for his many descriptions of foreign lands which he compiled from various sources, without ever seeing the countries he wrote about for himself. This plate is taken from a description of Africa.

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Is part of:

Coenraadsburg, fort St. George, fort Elmina

Creator

Meurs, Jacob van (engraver / etcher)

Meurs, Jacob van (publisher)

Borremans, Reynoud (copied after)

Period

ca. 1668

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

23,5 x 32,5 cm23,5 x 32,5 cm

Number

185 deel I, na p. 438, 1.

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, fortification, house, building, ship / vessel, anchorage / pier / harbour

Inscription

Casteel del Mina

Sources and literature

Dapper, Olfert, Naukeurige Beschrijvingen der Afrikaensche gewesten: van Egypten, Barbaryen, Libyen, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopië, Abyssinië: (1668)

Jones, Adam, Decompiling Dapper: A preliminary search for evidence (1990)