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Map of the city of Malakka

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Map of the city of Malakka

Vingboons, Johannes

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

This corresponds entirely with the illustration rendered in Valentijn V, page 308.

View of the city with ships in the foreground, and in the background, mountains.

On the right the VOC fort is depicted.

Cf. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, inv. nr. 39:15.

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Sources and literature

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