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Description: This original engraving originates from the 1672 German edition of Baldaeus' 'Nauwkeurige beschrijving Malabar en Choromandel, derz. aangrenzend rijken, en het machtige eiland Ceylon.' (transl: Description of the East Indian Countries of Malabar, Coromandel, Ceylon, etc.), printed in Amsterdam by Jacob van Velsen and published by Johannes Janssonius van Waesbergen en Johannes van Someren.
Artists and Engravers: Author: Philip Baldaeus (1632-1672). Father Philippus Baldaeus, Baelde or Philip Balde (October 1632, Delft � 1672, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna, Ceylon with an invading Dutch force during 17th Century. As the first European he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It is a great historical record, similar to Mahawamsa, and it was immediately published in Dutch and German (with many beautiful plates). Some lates in this work signed G. Appelmans fe., being the engraver.
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Subject: Plate 152: 'Paliacatta of Geldria' (A plan of the fortress of Paliacatta). It shows: The fortress of Pulicat, as the town is now called, during the settlement of the Dutch by the VOC, as seen from above.
Condition: Very good, given age. Original middle fold, a little browned along the fold, paper repair to the top middle, dampstain to the left and right edges of the image General age-related toning and light staining, please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 36 x 29.5 cm. The image size is ca. 35 x 27 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 14.2 x 11.6 inch. The image size is ca. 13.8 x 10.6 inch.
Medium: Scarce original etching / engraving on a verge type hand laid paper. Letterpress text on front and rear of the sheet.
Location: A203-39
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