The Dutch conquest of the island of Mannaar under Van Goens' leadership in 1658

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The Dutch conquest of the island of Mannaar under Van Goens' leadership in 1658

Anoniem / Anonymous / Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius

The Dutch conquest of the island of Mannaar under Van Goens' leadership in 1658.

The plate shows the Dutch making landfall and storming the island, which was in Portuguese hands.

Mannaar was strategically situated and had pearl banks.

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Mannar

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

13,5 x 17 cm13,5 x 17 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, p. 148

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, battle / taking / war (fight), blockade / naval battle, Person, European, ship / vessel

Sources and literature

Baldaeus, Philippus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel: Derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon (1672)

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)