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Views of the churches of Mallagam, Achiavelli, Mayletti and Oudewil

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Views of the churches of Mallagam, Achiavelli, Mayletti and Oudewil

Anoniem / Anonymous / Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius

View of the churches of Mallagam, Achiavelli, Mayletti and Oudewil.

Mallagam / Achiavelli / Mayletti / Oudewil.

To the left of the church in Mayletti is a sundial.

The plates are taken from 'Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel', Amsterdam 1672, by the preacher Philippus Baldaeus. Baldaeus founded a small school alongside many of the churches.

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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)