View of the Kerk valley on the island of St Helena

View of the Kerk valley on the island of St Helena.

De Kerckvalley van't Eijlant Sant Helena A 1658.

There are several vessels on the roadstead.

Depicted on the hill centre right is a trumpeter with a coloured banner.

Belonging alongside is a map of the island drawn by Nieuhof: Affbeeldinge van ???t eijlandt Sant Helena, Bodel Nijenhuis / Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, inv. nr.COLLBN 002-12-037.

Drawn by Nieuhof in the spring of 1658 when he returned from the East Indies with the homecoming fleet and he stayed on the island for several weeks.