Subject: Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Period: 1726 (circa)
Publication: Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien
Color: Hand Color
Size:
14.2 x 10.8 inches
36.1 x 27.4 cm
A lovely view of Batticaloa with numerous ships in the foreground. Valentyn was a prominent historian of the Dutch East India Company who is best known for Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien, his vast illustrated account of the Dutch trading empire in Asia. He twice traveled to the East Indies and served as Calvinist minister to Ambon between 1686 and 1694. In preparing this monumental work, he was given privileged access to the previously secret archives of the VOC, containing transcripts and copies of important earlier Dutch voyages.
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Condition: A
A dark impression on a sheet with a fleur-de-lis watermark, issued folding with minor toning and soiling.
