Bird's eye view of the fort of Batticaloa

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Bird's eye view of the fort of Batticaloa

Anoniem / Anonymous / Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Afbeelding van het fort te 'Batecalo op Ceijlon'.

View of the fort with mountains in the background.

The fort is surrounded by a moat and lies in a river estuary.

Note in the Leupe catalogue: Deze zelfde koperdruk komt ook voor bij Baldaeus, blz. 54.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek 189 A 6 part II, after p. 54.

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Is part of:

Batticaloa

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Period

ca. 1665

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

28 x 34,5 cm28 x 34,5 cm

Number

VELH0619.25

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

fortification, Person, flora, ship / vessel, building, Asians, Africans & Americans, guard house / tollbooth, church / parsonage, survey / view, European, anchorage / pier / harbour

Inscription

batecalo, op Ceijllon

Sources and literature

Baldaeus, Philippus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel: Derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon (1672)