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View of the fort and the castle on the island of Goeree

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View of the fort and the castle on the island of Goeree

Vingboons, Johannes

View of the fort and the castle on the island of Goeree.

T Casteel en Fort Goeree aen Cabo Verde.

Key: A Casteel / B Fort Goer??. / C Have.

The style of this illustration is comparable to that of the engravings contained in Casper Barlaeus, 'Rerum per octennium in Brasilia', Amsterdam 1647. However this book contains no engravings resembling it. The plate is taken from Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas.

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Sources and literature

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)