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The spinning house at Batavia

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The spinning house at Batavia

Meurs, Weduwe van Jacob van

The spinning house; that is the house of correction or prison, at Batavia.

Laundry is being washed on the quay.

Top right: 202.

The print in the Atlas Van Stolk, inv. nr. top 1035 and Koninklijke Bibliotheek 388 A 9 part II, after p. 202, 1 is in black and white, while the print from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Atlas van der Hagen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague Part 4, inv. nr. 1049B13_025) has been coloured in.

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Sources and literature

Nieuhof, Joan, Gedenkwaerdige zee- en lantreize (1682)