View of the city of Mocha

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View of the city of Mocha

Anoniem / Anonymous / Meurs, Jacob van

View of the city of Mocha.

De stadt Mocha.

Key: 1 Hollantse Loosie / 2 Engelse Loosie / 3 Moscke / 4 Plaets daer d'gallyen getimmert en schoon gemackt worden / 5 Casteel van d' Haven.

Several East Indiamen are depicted on the roadstead.

In the centre of the picture is a mosque.

Camels are shown walking along the quay.

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Is part of:

Al Mukha

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Meurs, Jacob van (publisher)

Period

ca. 1680

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

36 x 30 cm36 x 30 cm

Number

505 A 25 deel II, na p. 30

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

fauna, flora, survey / view, Asians, Africans & Americans, Person, key, European, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, ship / vessel, fortification, shipyard, anchorage / pier / harbour

Inscription

De stadt Mocha

Sources and literature

Dapper, Olfert, Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: behelsende de gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie of Klein Asie beneffens eene volkome beschryving van gansch gelukkigh, woest, en petreesch of steenigh Arabie... (1680)