Bird's eye view of Hammenhiel Fort

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Bird's eye view of Hammenhiel Fort

Anoniem / Anonymous / Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius

Bird's eye view of Hammenhiel Fort.

Fort Hamanhiel.

The fort was strategically situated, in the waterway to Jaffnapatnam. It was taken in 1658 so that Jaffnapatnam, too, could be captured from the Portuguese.

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Is part of:

Hammenhiel, fort Hammenhiel

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

13 x 17 cm13 x 17 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, p. 155

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, compass / dial, fortification, building, ship / vessel, house, fence / kraal

Inscription

Fort Hamanhiel

Sources and literature

Baldaeus, Philippus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel: Derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon (1672)