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Dirk Jansz van Santen: Atlas van Dirk van der Hagen (volledig, collectie KB)  wikidata:Q20754745 reasonator:Q20754745
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C. Decker. Author: C. Decker fc.

Publisher: Widow of
Jacob van Meurs  (1619–1679)  wikidata:Q17351358
 
Alternative names
Jacob van Meurs (I), Jacobus van Meurs
Description Dutch printmaker and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1619-1620 before 20 May 1680
date QS:P,+1680-05-20T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1680-05-20T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Arnhem Amsterdam
Work period Haarlem (1638), Amsterdam (1649-1675)
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Amsterdam (1666–1676); Antwerp; Keizersgracht Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q17351358
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Title
OVER-WINNINGH van de Stadt COTCHIN op de Kust van MALLABAER
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
Nederlands: Deze nieuwskaart van de Nederlandse verovering van de stad Colombo op Ceylon in 1656, vormt een van de vele prenten bij het reisverslag van de wereldreiziger Johan Nieuhof. Nieuhoff vergezelde van 1655 tot 1658 een delegatie van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie naar de Keizer van China. Het reisverhaal dat hij na zijn terugkomst liet publiceren was een van de grote bestsellers van zijn tijd.
English: This news print from the Dutch conquest of the town of Colombo in Ceylon in 1656 was included in the richly illustrated travel journal of Johan Nieuhof, a worldtraveller from Amsterdam. Nieuhoff accompanied from 1655 to 1658 a delegation of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to the Emperor of China. After his return he had his journals published. The book was one of the great bestsellers of its time.
Language Dutch Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1682
date QS:P571,+1682-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Publication date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium
Nederlands: kopergravure
English: copper engraving print
Dimensions 28 x 36 cm
institution QS:P195,Q1526131
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Description of the Atlas Van der Hagen in the catalogue of the KB: http://opc4.kb.nl/DB=1/TTL=1/LNG=EN/PPN?PPN=353012750
Place of creation Amsterdam
Notes KW1049B13_018 - Volume 1
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Decker, Coenraet - Johan Nieuhof - Meurs, Weduwe van Jacob van - Jacob van Meurs
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Ceylon - Sri Lanka - Colombo
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Source page at the Geheugen van Nederland / Memory of the Netherlands website.

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