Bird's eye view of Makassar and its royal fort Sombaopu
Vingboons, Johannes
Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Gezicht in vogelvlucht op ,,de stadt Samboppe int rijck Macassar'' van de zeezijde.
Corresponds in its entirety with the illustration rendered in Valentijn III, 2nd part, page 138.
Key on the chart.
Top left the inscription: Af Beeldinge vande fortificatien ende voorder gelegentheden soo van Beslooten Plaatsen En woningen des Conings van Macasser als de buijten ofte voorsteeden daer anex alles met a.b.c. Indesec kaart gestelt.
Alongside this inscription is the key, which runs from A-Q.
In the foreground several vessels are depicted; in the centre houses and right of centre a fort. In the background are paddy fields and mountains.
Under the key, the following inscription: De Stadt Samboppe int Rijck Macasser.
Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 693 C 6 part. XV, op. p. 135, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. nr. RP-P-1908-2309 and Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. nr. SNSM_b0032(109)06[kaart155].
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