Portuguese prisoners of war build a fort near Candij

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Portuguese prisoners of war build a fort near Candij

Anoniem / Anonymous / Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius

Portuguese prisoners of war build a fort near Candij.

The Ceylonese ruler Vimala Dharma Suriya defeated the Portuguese in a battle in 1592 and deployed the prisoners to build a fort.

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Is part of:

Kandy

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

13 x 17 cm13 x 17 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, p. 15

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

fortification, Person, building, European, Asians, Africans & Americans, survey / view

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)