Bird's eye view of Colombo

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Bird's eye view of Colombo

Vingboons, Johannes

Bird's eye view of Colombo.

Cf. National Archives, The Hague, inv. nr. VELH0619.115.

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

The chart shows the conquest of Colombo by the Dutch in 1655-1656. During the siege a chart was drawn which later served as the source material for this one, and for other illustrations. This chart has however been lost.

Please contact Österreichische Nationalbibliothek for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Colombo

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

57,5 x 112 cm57,5 x 112 cm

Number

Van der Hem 39:05

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, battle / taking / war (fight), house, fortification, building, ship / vessel, anchorage / pier / harbour

Sources and literature

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