- Museum number
- 1866,1114.799
- Title
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Object: 't Fort Tacaray, ofte Witsen
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Series: La Galerie Agréable du Monde
- Description
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Fort Witsen or Fort Tacaray in Ghana; the fortress seen from across the sea, sailing vessels in the foreground
Engraving and etching
- Production date
- 1668 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 265 millimetres
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Width: 354 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment on the series see 1982,U.184.
Van der Aa re-used plates from older publications. A number of African views was taken from for instance Olfert Dapper's "Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Gewesten van Egypten, Barbaryen, Libyen, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopien, Abyssinie: Vertoont In de Benamingen, Grenspalen, Revieren, Steden, Gewassen, Dieren, Zeeden, Drachten, Talen, Rijkdommen, Godsdiensten en Heerschappyen" (Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam: 1668), later re-used by John Ogilby in his "Africa being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia and the Abyssines: with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto: with the several denominations fo their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages, their customs, modes and manners, languages, religions and inexhaustible treasure: with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter : and also of their wonderful plants, beasts, birds and serpents: collected and translated from most authentick authors and augmented with later observations: illustrated with notes and adorn'd with peculiar maps and proper sculptures" (Thomas Johnson, London: 1670).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1866,1114.799
