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Design for the Sterrenschans fort near Batavia

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Design for the Sterrenschans fort near Batavia

Listing, Johannes

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Teekening van de Sterrenschans volgens resolutie van Gouverneur-Generaal en Raden van 12 Mei 1656 op te bouwen nabij Batavia.

In the centre of the picture is a fortification, comprising a raised enclosure and a palisade fence.

In the centre of the fort is a watchtower, to the right a flagpole.

The VELH-number of this map has become obsolete: the present inventory number is 1.04.02, 677, map 1.

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