Map of Colombo and environs

Photograph of a map of Colombo and environs, last quarter of the 18th century.

Top centre section of a map.

This section is part of a single whole together with TG0643, TG0661, TG0662, TG0660 en TG0664.

Held in the Colombo Archives, inv. nr. COL35TL.

These 6 photographs form a complete whole, comparable to TG0629, but these are of inferior quality.

Bottom left on TG0643 a decorative element features figures in an exotic landschape, with the scale given underneath.

TG0661 bears a key and the title: Plan en Caart van de Situatie buyten het Casteel [...], made by Carel David Wentzel.

Topographical names marked: Salpitti Corle and Hewegan Cor[...], other names unreadable.

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