Map of the southwest coast of Formosa

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Map of the southwest coast of Formosa

Vingboons, Johannes / Janssen van Middelburg, Pieter

Map of the southwest coast of Formosa.

Afbeeldinge vant Eijland Formosa, Streckende / vant Canal Taijoan, tot de Zuijdhoeck, met / alle de kleijne Eijlanden, Rivieren, Clippen, droochten, / en ondiepten, ghemaeckt door ordre an de E. Heer / Gouver:, Hans Putmans, door Bevinding van / Pieter Janssen van Middelburgh, A:dij den 20 April / Anno. 1636.

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

This map is continued on ??sterreichische Nationalbibiothek, Vienna, inv. nr. Van der Hem 41:08.

According to Peter van der Krogt in 'The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem of the Austrian Library', Utrecht 2005, p. 376 the map was drawn in 1636 by Pieter Janssen van Middelburgh and copied in Johannes Vingbooms' studio around 1670.

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Is part of:

Zeelandia, fort (Formosa) Zeeburg, redoubt (Taiwan) An-Ping Saccam

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Janssen van Middelburg, Pieter (copied after)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

53,5 x 80 cm53,5 x 80 cm

Number

Van der Hem 41:07

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, compass / dial, fortification, building, house

Inscription

Afbeeldinge vant Eijland Formosa Streckende / vant Canal Taijoan, tot de Zuijdhoeck, met / alle de kleijne Eijlanden, Rivieren, Clippen, droochten, / en ondiepten

Sources and literature

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