View of the conquest of Cochin

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View of the conquest of Cochin

Decker, Coenraet / Meurs, Weduwe van Jacob van

View of the conquest of Cochin.

Over-winningh van de Stadt Cotchin op de Kust van Mallabaer.

Top right: pag. 124.

This news print of the Dutch conquest of the city of Cochin is one of many prints accompanying the travel journal by the world traveller Johan Nieuhoff.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Atlas van der Hagen Part 4, inv. nr. 1049B13_018 and Rijksmuseum, inv. nr. RP-P-1936-40.

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Is part of:

Cochin

Creator

Decker, Coenraet (engraver / etcher)

Meurs, Weduwe van Jacob van (publisher)

Period

ca. 1682

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

29,5 x 37 cm29,5 x 37 cm

Number

388 A 9 deel II, na p. 124

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, blockade / naval battle, battle / taking / war (fight), banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, ship / vessel, anchorage / pier / harbour, Person, house

Inscription

Over-winningh van de Stadt Cotchin op de Kust van Mallabaer.

Sources and literature

Nieuhof, Joan, Gedenkwaerdige zee- en lantreize (1682)