Map of the islands of Leyden, Middelburg, Hammenhiel, Bramines, Dona Clara and Deserta

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Map of the islands of Leyden, Middelburg, Hammenhiel, Bramines, Dona Clara and Deserta

Anoniem / Anonymous / Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius

Map of the islands of Leyden, Middelburg, Hammenhiel, Bramines, Dona Clara and Deserta.

Ninduadiva nunc I.Middelburgh / Naina vel I.Bramines / Analadiva nunc I Dona Clara / Pongardiva vel I.Deserta / Hammen hiel olim Cays / Ourature nunc I.Leyden / 't Oude Fort.

Most of these islands were given Dutch names after the conquest of Jaffnapatnam in 1658, but these failed to stick.

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Is part of:

Hammenhiel, fort Hammenhiel Analaitivu

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

14 x 17,5 cm14 x 17,5 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, p. 173

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, ship / vessel, fence / kraal, compass / dial, house, building, fortification

Sources and literature

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

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)