View of Suratte

Title on object: De stadt Souratte gelegen op noorder breete van 21 graden

This view of the city of Surat, an important Mughal port city in the Islamic trade network on the Indian Ocean, contains inscriptions pointing out the impressive fortifications, the governor’s residence and the port office (alfhandigo).

Other copy: Bibliothèque Nationale de France P186983.

Part of the Carte di Castello, collected by Cosimo de Medici III in 1667 and 1669 during his tours through Europe. Cosimo III bought the 66 watercolours by Vingboons in December 1667 in Amsterdam, through mediation of Pieter Blaeu.