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Bird's eye view of the city of Atjeh

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Bird's eye view of the city of Atjeh

Vingboons, Johannes

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Gezicht in vogelvlucht op de stad Atchin van de zeezijde.

The sea is shown in the foreground, with four trading vessels. A river is depicted on the left.

The sultan's palace is depicted in the background, centre.

Note in the Leupe catalogue: Komt geheel overeen met de afbeelding 'Valentijn V', blz. 4

Cf. Atlas Van Stolk, Rotterdam, inv. nr. top1076, Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. nr. SNSM_b0032(109)06[kaart097] and Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 693 C 6 dl XII, to. p. 329.

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, inv. nr. 227 K 1 part II, after p. 258 is a mirrored version of this image.

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Sources and literature

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