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Map of Ceylon

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Map of Ceylon

Visscher II, Nicolaas

Map of Ceylon excerpted from the Atlas van der Hagen, Koninklijk Bibliotheek, The Hague, Part 4.

The island of Ceylon was captured by the Dutch from the Portuguese between 1655 and 1658. The conquest was significant as it ensured the Dutch East India Company gained a monopoly on the trade in cinnamon.

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