View of Aden

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View of Aden

Boener, I. A.

View of Aden.

Depicted left is a mountain-like rock topped by a fort, in the background is the city of Aden.

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Is part of:

Aden

Creator

Boener, I. A. (engraver / etcher)

Period

1680

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

31,3 x 37,4 cm31,3 x 37,4 cm

Number

MMR-P2965-3

Owner

Maritiem Museum RotterdamKoninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

fortification, ship / vessel, survey / view, building, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation

Inscription

De H(OE)CK van ADEN inde RODE MEER

Sources and literature

Dapper, Olfert, Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: behelsende de gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie of Klein Asie beneffens eene volkome beschryving van gansch gelukkigh, woest, en petreesch of steenigh Arabie... (1680)

Faust, Elfriede, Arabien 1680: Olfert Dappers Arabienbuch und seine Quellen, geprüft an Nachrichten über Kaffee, Ses (1977)