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Map of Ceylon

excerpted from the Atlas van der Hagen, Koninklijk Bibliotheek, The Hague, Part 4. The island of Ceylon was captured by the Dutch from the Portuguese between 1655 and 1658. The conquest was significant as it ensured the Dutch East India Company gained a monopoly on the trade in cinnamon

Date
1681–1690
Mapmaker / publisher
Nicolaas Visscher II (publisher)
Place
Ceylon by Nicolaes Visscher
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
atlas page
Original size
2,400 × 2,026 pixels

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"Map of Ceylon" (1681–1690). Nicolaas Visscher II (publisher), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMH-5640-KB_Map_of_Ceylon.jpg

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