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View of Batavia

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View of Batavia

Anoniem / Anonymous / Ryne, Jan van

Bird's eye view of Batavia from out to sea, showing the fort in the centre and behind it the city. Two East Indiamen and several Chinese junks are among the vessels shown in the foreground.

175 is written in ink in the upper right margin.

Cf. Westfries Museum inv.nr. 15248 en Atlas van Stolk, inv.nr. top1058.

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Sources and literature

Ryne, I. van, The city of Batavia in the Island of Java and Capital of the Dutch factories & settlements in the East Indies [...] (1754)