Bird's eye view of the fort of Batecalo

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Bird's eye view of the fort of Batecalo

Anoniem / Anonymous / Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius

Bird's eye view of the fort of Batecalo.

't Fort Batecalo.

View of the fort with mountains in the background.

The fort is surrounded by a moat and lies in the basin of a river.

Cf. Nationaal Archief, inv. nr. VELH 619.25.

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Is part of:

Batticaloa

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

30,5 x 35,5 cm30,5 x 35,5 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, na p. 54

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, survey / view, fortification, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, flora, ship / vessel, building

Inscription

't Fort Batecalo

Sources and literature

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