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Nederlands: Kaart van Ceylon
                     English:  Map of Ceylon
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Author

Creator:Jean du Perron Creator:Willem Jacob Graaf

Nederlands: Jean du Perron (landmeter / kaartenmaker), Willem Jacob Graaf (opdrachtgever)
English: Jean du Perron (land surveyor / mapmaker), Willem Jacob Graaf (patron)
Title
Nederlands: Kaart van Ceylon
English: Map of Ceylon
Description
Nederlands: Titel catalogus Leupe (NA): Kaart van het Eyland Ceylon, verbeetert zoo veel de bezittingen van de Edele Nederlandsche Komp. aangaat, en inzonderheid zoo veel aangaat, de aan de Edele by de vreede van 1766 afgestaande stranden enz..

Zichtbaar zijn de kustgebieden, waarvan het Koninkrijk Kandy voorgoed afstand deed aan de VOC. De rode lijn vormt de landgrens van de soevereine gebieden van Kandy en de VOC.

Topografische namen van de eilanden: Amsterdam of Kaaretiwoe, Woest Rotterdam of Anneleitiwoe, Katoen, Poelientiwoe, Haarlem of Nuynatiwoe, Middelburg of Manditiwoe, Delft of Nedoentiwoe, Caits Welene, Perie Kanatoe, Galienje of Kakerestwoe, Galue of Palletiwoe, Buffels, Twee Gebroeders of Irenetiwoe, Enkuisen, Manaar, Kariardiwoe.
English: According to the Leupe catalogue (NA), the original title reads: Kaart van het Eyland Ceylon, verbeetert zoo veel de bezittingen van de Edele Nederlandsche Komp. aangaat, en inzonderheid zoo veel aangaat, de aan de Edele by de vreede van 1766 afgestaande stranden enz..

The border of the coastline relinquished by the Kingdom Kandy to the VOC is marked with a red line.

Topographical names of the islands: Amsterdam of Kaaretiwoe, Woest Rotterdam of Anneleitiwoe, Katoen, Poelientiwoe, Haarlem of Nuynatiwoe, Middelburg of Manditiwoe, Delft of Nedoentiwoe, Caits Welene, Perie Kanatoe, Galienje of Kakerestwoe, Galue of Palletiwoe, Buffels, Twee Gebroeders of Irenetiwoe, Enkuisen, Manaar, Kariardiwoe.
Date 1789
date QS:P571,+1789-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
Nederlands: ingekleurde tekening op papier
English: coloured drawing on paper
Dimensions height: 154 cm (60.6 in); width: 232 cm (91.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,154U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,232U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1857081
Accession number
NL-HaNA_4.VEL_927 (old number: VEL0927)
Inscriptions
Kaart van het Eyland Ceylon, verbeetert zoo veel de bezittingen van de Edele Nederlandsche Komp. aangaat, en inzonderheid zoo veel aangaat, de aan de Edele by de vreede van 1766 afgestaande stranden ende daar aan grensende binnen landen, naar de nieuste meetings die daar van zyn gedaan, in differente teyden en door ondergescheydene perzoonen opgemaakt vanden WelEdele groot agb. Heer Willem Jakob van de Graaff, Raad ordinair van Nederlands Indien Gouverneur en direkteur van Ceylon, door Duperon 1789 / De limieten van Skonings Land, zyn met een roode streep aangewezen al wat daar buyten legt behoort de Edele Nederlandsche Komp.

author: Duperon
Notes
English: Subjects: chart / map / plan, estate / plantation, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation
Nederlands: Onderwerpen: plattegrond / kaart, landerij / plantage, banderol / cartouche / versiering
English: Post: this image is related to a VOC trading post called Colombo
Source/Photographer Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage - Source at the Nationaal Archief
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Object location6° 56′ 01.21″ N, 79° 50′ 39.58″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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