View of Dabhol, India

Title on object: De stadt Dabul

This view of the city of Dhabol, an important port town in the Islamic trade network on the Indian Ocean, has inscriptions to indicate the shipyard (on the right), the harbour office (alfhandigo), the governor’s residence, fishing boats, the pagoda, cemeteries and the dilapidated fort on the hill.

Other copies: Nationaal Archief: VELH0619.50; Bibliothèque Nationale de France P186433.

Part of the Carte di Castello, collected by Cosimo de Medici III in 1667 and 1669 during his tours through Europe. Cosimo III bought the 66 watercolours by Vingboons in December 1667 in Amsterdam, through mediation of Pieter Blaeu.