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Map of the fort and city of Colombo

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Map of the fort and city of Colombo

Anoniem / Anonymous / Rotteveel, M.F.N.

Photograph of a map of the fort and city of Colombo.

Held in the Colombo Archives, inv. nr. COL35TL.

Lower right section of a set of photographs, together with TG0665, TG0667 and TG0668.

Keys shown on TG0667 and TG0668.

TG0666 signed below right: M.F.N. Rotteveel Facs: 1901.

At top left TG0665 has a cartouche which reads: No. 132 in Catalogue of Old Maps, with the scale shown below.

TG0665 and TG0666 show a scroll with the title Grondtekening van de Stad en Casteel Colombo soodanig deselve tegenwoordig is, na de verandering zedert het slegten van de oude stadsfortificatie.

Named bastions: Klippenburg, Enkhuysen, Den Briel, Amsterdam, Leyden, Delft, Hoorn, Batenburgh.

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