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The Samorin of Calicut

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The Samorin of Calicut

Anoniem / Anonymous

The king of Calicut posing in front of his palace in a short skirt. the building comprises three layers atop a row of columns with a sloping verandah. Slightly off centre is an entrance with a door. The building is labelled as 't hof van den Samorin

According to the index of 'Begin ende Voortgang', the illustration is entitled: Afbeeldinge van de Samorin van Malaber.

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Sources and literature

Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende Voortgangh / van de Vereenighde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie: Vervatende De Voornaemste Reysen / by de Inwoonderen derselver Provincien derwaerts gedaen. (1646)