Map of the fort and the city of Colombo

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Map of the fort and the city of Colombo

Anoniem / Anonymous / Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius

Map of the fort and the city of Colombo.

Columbo.

This print of Colombo is

like the watercolour by Vingboons, National Archives, inv. nr. VELH0619.115

based on a (now lost) drawing comparable to that of Nessel: National Archives, inv. nr. VEL0942.

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Is part of:

Colombo, kasteel Colombo

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

30 x 35,5 cm30 x 35,5 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, na p. 128

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, ship / vessel, fortification, fauna, compass / dial, anchorage / pier / harbour, building

Inscription

Columbo

Sources and literature

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