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Panorama of Baygam from the 'Peperberg' mountain

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Panorama of Baygam from the 'Peperberg' mountain

Anoniem / Anonymous

Panorama of Baygam from the 'Peperberg' mountain, with in the foreground a trio of company employees gazing out over the pepper plantations.

Marked in pencil: De Baygam bij Matara z-Ceylon.

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Sources and literature

Diessen, J.R. van en A. van den Belt, Een toelichting op zes topografische aquarellen van Ceylon in het Rijksprentenkabinet (1987)

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)