Bird's eye view of Fort Elmina

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Bird's eye view of Fort Elmina

Vingboons, Johannes

Bird's eye view of Fort Elmina.

Teeckeninghe van 't Hollantsche Casteel in Gijnea, Sta. George Do. Mina / met Sijne toebehoorighe Fortressen, Inde Maendt Jannuarij Anno. 1665, / der selven fondamental Lijnien, met Passen geobserveert, En in Rijnlandtse / Roeden gereduceert,.

The chart was drawn in 1665 and copied between 1665 and 1668, probably in the studio of Johannes Vingboons.

The plate is taken from the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas.

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Is part of:

Coenraadsburg, fort St. George, fort Elmina

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

48 x 60,5 cm48 x 60,5 cm

Number

Van der Hem 36:21

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, Map/Chart/Plan, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, fortification, building, house, guard house / tollbooth, bridge

Inscription

Teeckeninghe van 't Hollantsche Casteel in Gijnea, Sta. George Do. Mina

Sources and literature

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)