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Bird's eye view of Eauweck, Cambodia

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Bird's eye view of Eauweck, Cambodia

Vingboons, Johannes

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Gezicht in vogelvlucht op ,,Eauweck hooftstadt van Cambodia''.

This corresponds exactly with the illustration rendered in Valentijn III, 2nd part, page 36.

The city of Eauweck, shown in the centre of this illustration, is surrounded by hills, forests and a river.

Bottom left the inscription reads Eauweck. Hooft Stadt van Cambodia, the E has possibly been transcribed wrongly and it may be the city of Lawec was meant.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 693 C 6 part XII, op. p. 290.

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Sources and literature

Gossselink, Martine, Land in Zicht: Vingboons tekent de Wereld van de 17de eeuw. (2007)