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Bird's eye view of Negombo | ) |
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copperplate printing | |
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27,5 x 35 cm | |
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Degumbo op Ceijlon | |
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fortification, ship / vessel, garden / ornamental garden, house, estate / plantation, person, European, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, bridge, flora / landscape, bird's-eye view / elevation, building | |
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- Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): <Gezicht in vogelvlucht op Negombo van de zeezijde>.
- The same copper etching also occurs in Baldaeus, 'Beschrijving van Ceylon', Amst. 1672, page 144.
- The picture shows a fort in the centre, surrounded by water.
- Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, inv. nr. 189 A 6, part II, after p. 144.
