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Plan of the Fort of Good Hope with its gardens and houses

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Plan of the Fort of Good Hope with its gardens and houses

Potter, Pieter

The original title according to the catalogue Leupe (NA) reads: Nader plan als voren [enz.], referring to the title of VEL0823: Plan van 's Comps. fort de Goede Hoop, tuinen en huizingen, zoo mede het afgemeten gedeelte, tot het begin van een Stad voor de Vrylieden..

The corral, or kraal, for animals is behind the fort.

Also indicated are the streets: Olifantstraat, Reijgerstraat en Heerestraat.

Key: A-Z, a-c

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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)