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C1726
Samboepo in Platte Grond.
Artist:
Rare c.18th view of the city of Fort Somba Opu (Makassarese Baruga Somba Opu, the Indonesian fortified commercial center of the Gowa Sultanate. Its ruins are located in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The fort was the centre of the Gowa … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Samboepo in Platte Grond.
Date:
C1726
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
365mm
x 285mm
Paper Size:
455mm
x 335mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1726
Description:
Rare c.18th view of the city of Fort Somba Opu (Makassarese Baruga Somba Opu, the Indonesian fortified commercial center of the Gowa Sultanate.
Its ruins are located in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The fort was the centre of the Gowa Sultanate in the c.16th until its destruction by the Dutch East India Company in 1669. The conquest of Somba Opu citadel was one of the most difficult campaigns the Company had ever undertaken in the East. The engraving shows buildings, roads, rice fields and ships in the foreground.
Below map: Afbeeldinge van de Fortificatien en de Verdere Gelegentheden soo van de Beslooten Plaatsen en Wooningen des Konings van ma = Casser….. (translated, Depictions of the Fortifications and Further Occasions as well as the Private Places and Residences of the King of ma = Casser) Below the map is an index to points of interest.
From Valentyn, F. Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien ..
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1536775
Leiden University: M a 122
:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1536775
Leiden University: M a 122
:
Francois Valentyn (1656 - 1727)
Valentyn studied theology and travelled twice to the East Indies in the employ of the VOC, firstly as a Calvinist minister on the spice island of Amboina (1686-1694) and then to Java (1706) and again Amboina (1707-1713). In the preparation of his historical account of the VOC in the East, Valentyn was given privileged access to the secret archives of the company, enabling him to provide detailed information on previous Dutch voyages to the Indies, including those of Abel Tasman.
