King Jayawira is murdered by the Portuguese

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King Jayawira is murdered by the Portuguese

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius / Anoniem / Anonymous

King Jayawira is murdered by the Portuguese.

Jayawira wished to marry Dona Catharina (see the remarks alongside Koninklijke Bibliotheek, inv. nr. 189 A 6 part II, p. 10), but the Portuguese refused permission for the wedding. Subsequently Jayawira hatched plans to attack the Portuguese, who held almost the whole of Ceylon. The Portuguese general Lopez gained wind of the plans and ordered Jayawira be killed.

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Creator

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

13 x 17 cm13 x 17 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, na p. 12

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, meeting / visit, Person, interior, European, Asians, Africans & Americans

Sources and literature

Baldaeus, Philippus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel: Derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon (1672)

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)