File:AMH-6469-KB Map of the island of Amboina.jpg

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Creator:Benjamin Wright

Nederlands: Benjamin Wright (graveur / etser)
English: Benjamin Wright (engraver / etcher)
Title
Nederlands: Kaart van het eiland Amboina
English: Miniature map of the island of Amboina (Ambon) engraved by Benjamin Wright, represented as found by Admiral Wijbrand van Warwijck in 1599. The map is published in J. Isacius Pontanus's Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia.
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Nederlands: Kaart van het eiland Amboina, echter zeer onwerkelijk weergegeven; als een langgerekt eiland.

Weergegeven zoals aangetroffen door Wijbrand van Warwijck in 1599.

In cartouche: Amboina ad viumu descripta quo tempore Admiarallus Wibrandus Warwicensis cum qua tuor nauibus ante eam in achoris staret a 1599 mese martio.

Opmerkelijk is de melding: Duijsch Habitane.
English: Map of the island of Amboina, but rendered in a highly unrealistic way, as an extended island.

Represented as found by Wijbrand van Warwijck in 1599.

In cartouche: Amboina ad viumu descripta quo tempore Admiarallus Wibrandus Warwicensis cum qua tuor nauibus ante eam in achoris staret a 1599 mese martio.

Striking is the inscription: Duijsch Habitane.
Date 1614
date QS:P571,+1614-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
Nederlands: gravure op papier
English: engraving on paper
Dimensions height: 8.5 cm (3.3 in); width: 12.5 cm (4.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,8.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,12.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1526131
Accession number
496 D 12 deel II, p. 243
Inscriptions
Amboina ad viumu descripta quo tempore Admiarallus Wibrandus Warwicensis cum qua tuor nauibus ante eam in achoris staret a 1599 mese martio.

author: B.W. Coelator
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English: Subjects: building, compass / dial, bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, anchorage / pier / harbour, house, chart / map / plan, theatre, fortification, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation
Nederlands: Onderwerpen: gebouw, kompas / windroos, vogelvlucht / opstand, opstand / vogelvlucht, rede / haven / pier, huis / woonhuis, plattegrond / kaart, schouwburg, vesting, banderol / cartouche / versiering
English: Post: this image is related to a VOC trading post called Ambon
Source/Photographer Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage
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Object location3° 42′ 24″ S, 128° 09′ 53″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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