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879284

Title
Dutch expedition on Timor in the middle of the 17th century, ca. 1650-60
Call number
V8/Timo/2
Level of description
fonds
Date

ca. 1650-1660
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Drawings
Reference code
879284
Physical Description
1 drawing - 16 1/8 x 21 ¼ in. - wash
Scope and Content
Includes key
Description source

Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
General note

Coloured transparency held
With black & white negative of inscription from reverse side
A similar drawing can be found in: The Topasses of Timor / Major C. R. Boxer. Amsterdam : Indisch Instituut, 1947, opp. p. 19
Signatures / Inscriptions

Inscribed on reverse side, u.r.
Date note

C. R. Boxer places this between 1650 and 1660 because one of the soldiers named in the key died circa 1670. He was unable to identify it with certainty but thinks it may deal with de Vlamingh's expedition to Amarassi in 1656
Topic
expeditions
exploration
Place
Dili (Timor)

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