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Portuguese prisoners of war build a fort near Candij | ) |
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ca. 1672 | |
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copperplate printing | |
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13 x 17 cm | |
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fortification, person, building, European, Asians & Africans, survey / view | |
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Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer: Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796, p. 20 | |
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Baldaeus, Philippus: Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, part II, p. 15 |
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- Portuguese prisoners of war build a fort near Candij.
- The Ceylonese ruler Vimala Dharma Suriya defeated the Portuguese in a battle in 1592 and deployed the prisoners to build a fort.
