| Title |
Fort
Hammen-Hiel |
| Maker |
Philip
Baldaeus |
| Year |
Amsterdam,
1672 |
| Description |
Antique
print (copper engraving) of the water fort Hammen-Hiel (Hammenhiel) Dutch
first edition of Baldaeus' work 'A true and exact
description of the most celebrated East-India coasts of Malabar and
Coromandel and also of the Isle of Ceylon' published in
Amsterdam,1672 by Janssonius van Waasberge en van Someren. The fort of
Hammenhiel was built by the Portuguese in mid 17th century of quarried
coral and was named Fortaleza Real . The Dutch renamed it as Hammenhiel
(Heel of the Ham) and was rebuilt by them in 1680. The fort is built
around a small island between the island of Kayts and Karaitivu of
Jaffna Peninsula |
| Location/Subject |
Antique
prints / Jaffna / Hammen-Hiel / India |
| Condition |
Very
Good; shallow fold of right upper corner |
| Coloring |
Black
/ White |
| size |
The
overall size is 12,5 x 7 3/4. The image size is 6,5 x 5 inch |
| Price |
$
125.00 |
| Order
Code |
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