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Different views of the island of St Helena

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Different views of the island of St Helena

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van / Doetechum, Joannes / Baptista à / van / Claesz, Cornelis

Different views of the island of St Helena.

Vera effigies et delineatio Insual Sanctae Helenae, qua Ortum Occasum, et Septentrionem spectat, sitae in altitudine 16. graduum ad austrum Linea aequinoctialis / Waerachtighe affbeeldinghe en gedaente vant Eylant Sancta Helena, vande Oost, Noort, en West zyde geleeghen op die hoochte van 16. greaden, aende Zuyt-zyde vande Linea equinoctiael.

Amplissimo Clarissimoque viro D.D. Francisco Petro Maelsonio Enchusano Ordinum Hollandiae et West Frisiae apud Principem Mauritum Consilliario Ordinario etc: Iohannes Hugo A Linschoten LMDD.

Each view is accompanied by an inscription indicating from which direction the island is being viewed.

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Sources and literature

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan H. van van Linschoten: naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien (1596)