View of the island of Honimoa showing Fort Hollandia

View of the island of Honimoa.

The title on the reverse reads Honimoa to which Bodel Nijenhuis has added: [Veelligt de versterking Porto 1654 gebouwd], but this is Fort Hollandia.

Coastal view of a bay showing Fort Hollandia.

This drawing is part of a set of six manuscript charts depicting the construction of forts on the island of Saparua or Honimoa, see also Bodel Nijenhuis / Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, inv. nrs. COLLBN002-12-094, 095 and 006-12-024/027.

In the centre of a chart a stamp bearing the inscription ACAD. LUGD. BAT. BIBL..