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Bird's eye view of bay and island, Mozambique
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van / Doetechum, Joannes / Baptista à / van / Hoogerbeets, Pieter / Claesz, Cornelis
Bird's eye view of bay and island, Mozambique.
Insulae et arcis Mocambique deschriptio ad fines Melinde sitae ebano puris. auro et ambare odorato affluentis hinc magnus semiorum numerus in Indiam abducitur, [Monogram:] JHVLinschoten inuent.
Beschryvinge des Eylants en slot Mocambique gelegen op de grensen Melinde seer ryck van Ebanhout, fijn gout en Ambargrys, waer aff veel slauen naer Indyen wech gevoert werden door Jan Huijgen van Linschoten.
Densas sijluce ebanos aurom mihi viscera terae Ambara fert pretio littus odore pari auferri haec telrabile nu quoq: pubem Auehert pelago dira cupido meam PHoogerb.
In the top right corner a hand is depicted emerging from a cloud, bearing a flag, with in it a globe.
People are fishing in the bay.
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