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View of Galle

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View of Galle

Vingboons, Johannes

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Gezicht op Point de Gale van de zeezijde.

Corresponds almost entirely with the illustration rendered in Valentijn V, page 22.

Depicted in the centre of the image is a strip of land with on it houses, a church and vegetation.

In the foreground the sea with several trading vessels and smaller boats.

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Sources and literature

Gossselink, Martine, Land in Zicht: Vingboons tekent de Wereld van de 17de eeuw. (2007)