Lunar eclipse east of the Cape of Good Hope

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Lunar eclipse east of the Cape of Good Hope

Jolinck, Heyndrick Dircxz.

On 16 August 1598 the Vriesland, part of the Second Expedition (Tweede Schipvaart) to the East Indies organised by the Oude Compagnie, observed a lunar eclipse east of the Cape of Good Hope, which lasted for 2 hours and 25 minutes. Heyndrick Dirrecksen Jolinck drew the lunar eclipse, noting that the moon first turned black, then red and finally purple.

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Is part of:

Cape of Good Hope

Creator

Jolinck, Heyndrick Dircxz.

Period

August 1598

Technique

pen

Kind

drawing

Number

1.01.14, inv. nr. 60, fol. 34

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Sources and literature

Keuning, De tweede schipvaart der Nederlanders naar Oost-Indië̈ onder Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck en Wybrant Warwijck, 1598-1600 : journalen, documenten en andere bescheiden (1938-1951)