View of the city of Ambon

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View of the city of Ambon

Ottens, Frederik / Braam, J. van / Linden, Gerard onder de

View of the city of Ambon.

Amboina.

Key: 1 't Fortres / 2 't Nieuwe Hospitaal / 3 Stadthuys / 4 Stadthuys wooning / 5 't Gerecht / 6 't Wagthuys / 7 Passer / 8 De Malytse Kerk / 9. Aracx Brandery / 10 Burger Wachthuys / 11 't Princen quartier / 12 't Verdronke Land / 13 d' Rivier den Olifant / 14 Hative / 15 d' Rivier Way Nitoe / 16 Galg hoek / 17 De hoek van Alang.

Top left: No: XXX.

This plate is taken from the work 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by François Valentyn.

On the left an East Indiaman is shown sailing into the harbour.

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Is part of:

Ambon Victoria, fort (Ambon)

Creator

Ottens, Frederik (engraver / etcher)

Braam, J. van (publisher)

Linden, Gerard onder de (publisher)

Period

1724

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

31 x 76,5 cm31 x 76,5 cm

Number

185 A 5 dl II, I, voor p. 125

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, key, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, anchorage / pier / harbour, ship / vessel, building, fortification, house, court / judicial court, bazaar / market, guard house / tollbooth, church / parsonage, assembly hall / town hall, hospital / lazaret, Person

Inscription

Amboina

Sources and literature

Valentijn, François, Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën (1724-1726)