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Nederlands: Vogelvlucht van de verovering van Colombo in 1656

English: Bird's eye view of the conquest of Colombo in 1656

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Creator:Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen

Nederlands: Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen (uitgever), Anoniem / Anonymous (graveur / etser)
English: Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen (publisher), Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)
Title
Nederlands: Vogelvlucht van de verovering van Colombo in 1656
English: Bird's eye view of the conquest of Colombo in 1656
Description
Nederlands: Vogelvlucht van de verovering van Colombo in 1656.

De Belegering van de voornaeme Stadt Columbo, onder het bewindt venden Ed: Heer Geeraerd Hulft.

Legenda: 1. 't Logement vanden Ed: Heer Hulft en de Ed: Goven: vander Meyden / 2. De Kerck Agoa de loepo, synde 't Logement vande H: [?] Jan vander Laan / 3. Luyt: de Mof [?] Mardijckers quart / 4. Batarye van 4 stucken / 5. Nosso Senhoro de Librement / 6. Luytenant [?] / 7. Luyt. Christoffel / 8. S. Sebastiaen / 9. Luytenant Ali[?] / 10. Papen Huys / 11 Mortieren / 12. Quartier van de Javanen / 13. Luyte: de Wit / 14. Bateryen van 2 stucken / 15. S. Thomas / 16. Bateryen van 6 stucken / 17. Capit: Cuylenburghs Huys / 18. Luyt: Ketelaers Huys / 19. qartier van Luyt: Gerrit / 20. Luyt: Aerts Reduyt / 21. Luyt: Schert / 22. Cap. Hendrick Gerritsz / 23. Brugh over de Tangh / 24. Quart: van Luyt: Poulus met sijn Aproche / 25. Onse Galderie, waer in de Heer Hulft is doot geschoten / 26. Des Vyants Beer / 27 Buyten Reduyt / 28. Afsnydingh van ons Volck buyten de Poort Mopane / 29. Een droge Gracht.

Deze prent van Colombo is evenals de aquarel van Vingboons, Nationaal Archief, inv. nr. VELH0619.115, gebaseerd op een (verloren gegane) tekening vergelijkbaar met die van Nessel: Nationaal Archief, inv. nr. VEL0942.
English: Bird's eye view of the conquest of Colombo in 1656. 
De Belegering van de voornaeme Stadt Columbo, onder het bewindt venden Ed: Heer Geeraerd Hulft.

Key: 1. 't Logement vanden Ed: Heer Hulft en de Ed: Goven: vander Meyden / 2. De Kerck Agoa de loepo, synde 't Logement vande H: [?] Jan vander Laan / 3. Luyt: de Mof [?] Mardijckers quart / 4. Batarye van 4 stucken / 5. Nosso Senhoro de Librement / 6. Luytenant [?] / 7. Luyt. Christoffel / 8. S. Sebastiaen / 9. Luytenant Ali[?] / 10. Papen Huys / 11 Mortieren / 12. Quartier van de Javanen / 13. Luyte: de Wit / 14. Bateryen van 2 stucken / 15. S. Thomas / 16. Bateryen van 6 stucken / 17. Capit: Cuylenburghs Huys / 18. Luyt: Ketelaers Huys / 19. qartier van Luyt: Gerrit / 20. Luyt: Aerts Reduyt / 21. Luyt: Schert / 22. Cap. Hendrick Gerritsz / 23. Brugh over de Tangh / 24. Quart: van Luyt: Poulus met sijn Aproche / 25. Onse Galderie, waer in de Heer Hulft is doot geschoten / 26. Des Vyants Beer / 27 Buyten Reduyt / 28. Afsnydingh van ons Volck buyten de Poort Mopane / 29. Een droge Gracht.

This print of Colombo is

like the watercolour by Vingboons, National Archives, inv. nr. VELH0619.115

based on a (now lost) drawing comparable to that of Nessel: National Archives, inv. nr. VEL0942.
Date circa 1672
date QS:P571,+1672-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
Nederlands: koperdruk op papier
English: copperplate printing on paper
Dimensions height: 35 cm (13.7 in); width: 30 cm (11.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,35U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,30U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1526131
Accession number
189 A 6 deel II, na p. 106
Inscriptions
De Belegering van de voornaeme Stadt Columbo, onder het bewindt venden Ed: Heer Geeraerd Hulst.
Notes
English: Subjects: bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, chart / map / plan, key, monastery / seminary, fortification, battle / taking / war (fight), compass / dial, bridge, building, house
Nederlands: Onderwerpen: vogelvlucht / opstand, opstand / vogelvlucht, plattegrond / kaart, legenda, klooster / seminarie, vesting, veldslag / oorlog (strijd) / inname, kompas / windroos, brug, gebouw, huis / woonhuis
English: Post: this image is related to a VOC trading post called Colombo
Source/Photographer Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage
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Object location6° 56′ 01.21″ N, 79° 50′ 39.58″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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