Map of the island of Mauritius

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Map of the island of Mauritius

Vingboons, Johannes

Map of the island of Mauritius.

't Eyland Mauritius.

An illustration on the chart depicts the hunt on a wild buffalo, shown crushing a man.

The chart is taken from the Blaeu-Van der Hem atlas.

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Is part of:

Frederik Hendrik, fort (Mauritius) Mahebourg

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

51,5 x 69,5 cm51,5 x 69,5 cm

Number

Van der Hem 38:24

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, compass / dial, fortification, building, Person, European, fauna

Inscription

't Eyland Mauritius

Sources and literature

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)