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    CORNELIS CLAESZ. (C.1551-1609)

    Bantam, 1602 (Banten [Bantam], Java) 06°02ʹ33ʺS 106°09ʹ39ʺE

    published 1608

    Printed on paper, cut into seven pieces, then joined to give two columns of text; mounted on one sheet of paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 51.1 x 10.0 cm (sheet of left column) | RCIN 721121.c

    Explanatory text (with RCIN 721121.b) to RCIN 721121.a.

    • Cornelis Claesz. (c.1551-1609) (publisher) [bottom of second column of RCIN 721121.b:] T’AMSTELREDAM, / By Cornelis Claesz. Boec-vercooper op / t’VVater in’t Schrijf-boeck, Anno, 1608.

      Subject(s)

      Navy-Netherlands
      Navy-Portugal

    • Watermark: Text: none. Mount: crown with six-pointed star above.

      Condition: one fold line

    • 51.1 x 10.0 cm (sheet of left column)

      50.9 x 10.0 cm (sheet of right column)

      53.7 x 39.0 cm (mount)

    • Printed title:

      Verclaringhe vanden ghedenckvvaer- / digen scheeps-strijt, geschiet tuschen vijf Hollandtsche / schepen, ende de groote Armade der Portugesen, in het / ghesicht der stadt Bantam, … [top of first column]

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Naval Engagement off Bantam 1602.

      Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right column, brown ink, in dal Pozzo’s librarian’s hand?:] D3; D4; [left column, brown ink:] D5; D6; D7.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Naval Engagement View of the Naval Engagement between the Dutch and Portuguese off Bantam in the Island of Java, January 1602: by C.I. Visscher. 3 sheets: with a Description. [The same entry appears under the heading Bantam]

       

    • Subject(s)

      Banten [Bantam], Java (06°02ʹ33ʺS  106°09ʹ39ʺE)

    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2792, 2793

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