Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Colombo Schouten, 1676, De Stadt Colombe

Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Colombo Schouten, 1676, De Stadt Colombe
€149.00
Item number: 26 13 F

Copper engraving with a view of the Bay and City of Colombo in Sri Lanka with Dutch ships on the foreground.

Colombo was an important base for the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC).

Copper engraving, published in Amsterdam in 1676 by Jacob Meurs in "Oost-Indische Voyagie: Containing important incidents and bloody sea and land battles against the Portuguese and Makassares (...)", Wouter Schouten.

Image 19,5x28.5cm, sheet 25.5x34,5cm

Very good condition. Sharp, dark print. Very beautifully hand-coloured.