View of Elmina from the sea

Image

View of Elmina from the sea

Vingboons, Johannes

View of Elmina from the sea.

Vertoon van t' Casteel, St. Georgio Della / Myna, en denBerg San Iaco, Uyt der zee aen te sien. / Aen't Casteel Staet In steen gehouwen dese navolgende Woorden El Re Dom Yo??o Segundo de Portugal, mandeufazer, ista Fortaleza, Anno Do. 1482.

The plate is taken from the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas. [THIS MAP DOES NOT MATCH THE DESCRIPTION. THIS IS E30997C.JPG, THE CORRECT PLATE IS E30979C.JPG!!]

Please contact Österreichische Nationalbibliothek for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Coenraadsburg, fort St. George, fort Elmina

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

46,5 x 70 cm46,5 x 70 cm

Number

Van der Hem 36:19

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, fortification, building, ship / vessel, Asians, Africans & Americans

Inscription

Vertoon van t' Casteel, St. Georgio Della / Myna, en denBerg San Iaco, Uyt der zee aen te sien.

Sources and literature

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