Bird's eye view of the Gold Coast

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Bird's eye view of the Gold Coast

Vingboons, Johannes

Bird's eye view of the Gold Coast.

Cart van Cabo Cors. Geleegen Aende Gout Cust, in Guinea.

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

Cf. National Archives, The Hague, inv. nr. VELH 619.38.

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Is part of:

Nassau, fort (Mouri, Ghana) Cape Coast Mouri

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

43,5 x 54,5 cm43,5 x 54,5 cm

Number

Van der Hem 36:23

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, Map/Chart/Plan, compass / dial, fortification, estate / plantation, house, building, tanck / well / watering hole, cemetery / graveyard

Inscription

Cart van Cabo Cors. Geleegen Aende Gout Cust, in Guinea

Sources and literature

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