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View of Ambon

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View of Ambon

Vingboons, Johannes

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Gezicht op de stad Amboina van de zeezijde.

The picture depicts a port town, with mountains in the background.

On the roadstead East Indiamen lie at anchor, flying the Dutch flag.

Top, below the inscription Afbeeldinge van Amboina, is a key to the letters A-N.

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Sources and literature

Gossselink, Martine, Land in Zicht: Vingboons tekent de Wereld van de 17de eeuw. (2007)