View of Elmina from the river

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View of Elmina from the river

Vingboons, Johannes

View of Elmina from the river.

Aldus vertoont hem het Casteel de Mijna, aen de Noordt= / West zijde, uijt de Rivier aen te sien. gelegen op de gout kust In Guinea.

The plate is taken from the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas.

There is a lot of activity around the fort.

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Is part of:

St. George, fort Elmina

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

47 x 71 cm47 x 71 cm

Number

Van der Hem 36:18

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, fortification, building, European, Asians, Africans & Americans, house, ship / vessel

Inscription

Aldus vertoont hem het Casteel de Mijna, aen de Noordt= / West zijde, uijt de Rivier aen te sien.

Sources and literature

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)