Bird's eye view of Ambon

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Bird's eye view of Ambon

Anoniem / Anonymous / Langenes, Barent

Bird's eye view of Ambon. Top right: No: 5.

The print features a key numbered A through D, with explanatory notes.

The local population is depicted in the foreground.

The second Dutch expedition to the Indies, led by Jacob van Neck and Wijbrant van Warwijck, set sail from the Dutch Republic in May 1598 and arrived in Bantam, on West Java, towards the end of that same year. From Bantam, four vessels sailed on to the Moluccas.They were led by Wijbrant van Warwijck and Jacob van Heemskerck. This part of the fleet arrived in Ambon in 1599.

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Is part of:

Ambon Ambon

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Langenes, Barent (publisher)

Period

1601

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

14 x 20,5 cm14 x 20,5 cm

Number

O 60 641, p. 19

Owner

Universiteitsbibliotheek / Universiteit van Amsterdam

Tags

bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, survey / view, Asians, Africans & Americans, Person, house, building, Person, key

Sources and literature

Neck, Jacob Cornelisz. van, Het tvveede boeck, iournael oft dagh-register: inhoudende een warachtich verhael ende historische vertellinghe vande reyse, gedaen door de acht schepen van Amstelredamme, gheseylt inden maent martij 1598 (1601)