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File:Antique print of the Batticaloa Fort, 1672.jpg

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English: Antique print of the Batticaloa Fort, Sri Lanka by Baldaeus, printed in 1672 for the Dutch first edition of Baldaeus' work 'A true and exact description of the most celebrated East-India coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and also of the Isle of Ceylon' published in Amsterdam, 1672 by Janssonius van Waasberge en van Someren. Dimension: 124 3/4 x 12 inch.
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Source Paper Koen van den Bos OZS III final version for David Onnekink.pdf
Author Baldaeus

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Nederlands: Gezicht in vogelvlucht op het fort van Batticaloa 
                     English:  Bird's eye view of the fort of Batticaloa
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Creator:Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen

Nederlands: Anoniem / Anonymous (graveur / etser), Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen (uitgever)
English: Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher), Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen (publisher)
Title
Nederlands: Gezicht in vogelvlucht op het fort van Batticaloa
English: Bird's eye view of the fort of Batticaloa
Description
Nederlands: Titel catalogus Leupe (NA): Afbeelding van het fort te 'Batecalo op Ceijlon'.

Aanzicht op het fort met op de achtergrond bergen.

Het fort wordt omgeven door een gracht en ligt in de kom van een rivier.

Opmerking catalogus Leupe: Deze zelfde koperdruk komt ook voor bij Baldaeus, blz. 54.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek 189 A 6 deel II, na p. 54.
English: Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Afbeelding van het fort te 'Batecalo op Ceijlon'.

View of the fort with mountains in the background.

The fort is surrounded by a moat and lies in a river estuary.

Note in the Leupe catalogue: Deze zelfde koperdruk komt ook voor bij Baldaeus, blz. 54.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek 189 A 6 part II, after p. 54.
Date circa 1665
date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
Nederlands: koperdruk op papier
English: copperplate printing on paper
Dimensions height: 34.5 cm (13.5 in); width: 28 cm (11 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,34.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,28U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1857081
Accession number
NL-HaNA_4.VELH_619.25 (old number: VELH0619.25)
Inscriptions
batecalo, op Ceijllon
Notes
English: Subjects: fortification, Person, flora, ship / vessel, building, Asians & Africans, guard house / tollbooth, church / parsonage, survey / view, European, anchorage / pier / harbour
Nederlands: Onderwerpen: vesting, Persoon, flora, schip / vaartuig, gebouw, Aziaten & Afrikanen, tolhuis / wachthuis, kerk / pastorie, overzicht / aanzicht, Europeanen, rede / haven / pier
English: Post: this image is related to a VOC trading post called Batticaloa
Source/Photographer Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage - Source at the Nationaal Archief
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Object location7° 42′ 41.6″ N, 81° 41′ 52.35″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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