Map of the north coast of the Persian Gulf with a view of fort Kismis

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Map of the north coast of the Persian Gulf with a view of fort Kismis

Vingboons, Johannes / Bloem, Hendrick Martsen

Map of the north coast of the Persian Gulf with a view of fort Kismis.

Pascaart vande Parsiaense kust / beginnende van de Caep Jaskes, tot Batsora, / mitsgaders de Caep Massadon, met haar Eijlanden, / Inbochten, en uijtsteeckende hoecken, wat diepten, / droochten, elck op sijn Coreckte breedte gemaackt, / Door Hendrick Martsen Bloem.

Inset: 't Fort Kismis, also Bevonden.

A number of East Indiamen lies at anchor on the roadstead before the fot. Their names are indicated alongside the vessels.

The map was drawn in 1645-1646 by Hendrick Martsen Bloem. The chart was copied between 1665 and 1668, probably in the studio of Johannes Vingboons.

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

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Is part of:

Hormoz Al Basrah Bandar-e Abbas Kharg Qeshm Lar

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Bloem, Hendrick Martsen (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

55,5 x 82,5 cm55,5 x 82,5 cm

Number

Van der Hem 38:12

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

guard house / tollbooth, encampment / military base, survey / view, fortification, building, ship / vessel, Map/Chart/Plan, compass / dial, building

Inscription

Pascaart vande Parsiaense kust / beginnende van de Caep Jaskes, tot Batsora, / mitsgaders de Caep Massadon, met haar Eijlanden, / Inbochten, en uijtsteeckende hoecken, wat diepten, / droochten, elck op sijn Coreckte breedte gemaackt, / Door Hendrick Martsen Bloem

Sources and literature

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