View of Governor's house and warehouses in front of Fort Zeelandia on Formosa

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View of Governor's house and warehouses in front of Fort Zeelandia on Formosa

Vingboons, Johannes / Solemne, David de

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Schetsteekening van de loge der Oost-Indische Compagnie te ?.

J. van Bracht: 'Vingboons-Atlas. Ten geleide en beschrijving van de opgenomen kaarten' (Bussum 1981) describes the print as a sketch on squared copy paper by a VOC agent of a fort with four bastions, Fort Zeelandia on Formosa.

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Is part of:

Zeelandia, fort (Formosa)

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Solemne, David de (copied after)

Period

ca. 1665

Material

paper

Technique

pen and brush

Kind

drawing

Dimension

41 x 62 cm41 x 62 cm

Number

VELH0619.118

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

estate / plantation, bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, anchorage / pier / harbour, Person, building, ship / vessel

Sources and literature

Zandvliet, K., Mapping for Money: Maps, plans and topographic paintings and their role in Dutch overseas expansion during the 16th and (1998)

Gossselink, Martine, Land in Zicht: Vingboons tekent de Wereld van de 17de eeuw. (2007)