Different views of the island of St Helena

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Different views of the island of St Helena

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van / Doetechum, Joannes / Baptista à / van / Claesz, Cornelis

Different views of the island of St Helena.

Vera effigies et delineatio Insual Sanctae Helenae, qua Ortum Occasum, et Septentrionem spectat, sitae in altitudine 16. graduum ad austrum Linea aequinoctialis / Waerachtighe affbeeldinghe en gedaente vant Eylant Sancta Helena, vande Oost, Noort, en West zyde geleeghen op die hoochte van 16. greaden, aende Zuyt-zyde vande Linea equinoctiael.

Amplissimo Clarissimoque viro D.D. Francisco Petro Maelsonio Enchusano Ordinum Hollandiae et West Frisiae apud Principem Mauritum Consilliario Ordinario etc: Iohannes Hugo A Linschoten LMDD.

Each view is accompanied by an inscription indicating from which direction the island is being viewed.

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Is part of:

St. Helena eiland

Creator

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van (copied after)

Doetechum, Joannes / Baptista à / van (engraver / etcher)

Claesz, Cornelis (publisher)

Period

ca. 1596

Material

paper

Technique

coloured engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

49 x 32 cm49 x 32 cm

Number

1702 B 4 deel I, na p. 140

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

fauna, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, survey / view, compass / dial, key, ship / vessel, building, anchorage / pier / harbour, flora, Person

Inscription

Vera effigies et delineatio Insual Sanctae Helenae, qua Ortum Occasum, et Septentrionem spectat, sitae in altitudine 16. graduum ad austrum Linea aequinoctialis / Waerachtighe affbeeldinghe en gedaente vant Eylant Sancta Helena, vande Oost, Noort, en West zyde geleeghen op die hoochte van 16. greaden, aende Zuyt-zyde vande Linea equinoctiael.

Sources and literature

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan H. van van Linschoten: naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien (1596)