View of the bay of Acapulco

Image

View of the bay of Acapulco

Vingboons, Johannes / Boot / Booth de jonge, Adriaen

View of the bay of Acapulco.

Puerto de Acapulco en el Reino de la Nueva Espana en el Mar del Sur.

Legenda: A. Acapulco. / B. Fuerca de San Diego tiene de longtitud 122 varas, de latitud 80 varas. / C. Boca grande. / D. El grifo. / E. Boca chica. / F. Puerto del Marques. Catalogue number in the De Gaignières catalogue: 6470.

Cf. Nationaal Archives, The Hague, inv. nr. VELH0619.18.

Still visible in the watercolour is the screen of squares which Vingboons used in order to copy the illustration.

Please contact Bibliothèque nationale de France for reuse and copyrights.

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Boot / Booth de jonge, Adriaen (copied after)

Period

1640 - 1665

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

--

Number

VD 20 Fol. T1-P183569

Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Tags

bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, key, survey / view, ship / vessel, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, compass / dial, Person, European, fortification, building, fauna

Inscription

Puerto de Acapulco en el Reino de la Nueva Espana en el Mar del Sur

Sources and literature

Bouchot, Henri, Inventaire des dessins exécutés pour Roger de Gaignières: et conservés aux departements des estampes et des manuscrits (1891)

Gossselink, Martine, Land in Zicht: Vingboons tekent de Wereld van de 17de eeuw. (2007)