Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Nieuhoff, Jan
Title:
Kanton
Date:
1665
Medium:
copper engraving
Size:
20 x 29.75 cm
Description:
A view taken from the river. Two Dutch ships and many native craft. From Nieuhoff's book :-' "Embassy of the Dutch East India Company to the Grand Tartar Cham", published originally in Latin in 1665. The title is 'Kanton ' only. The Embassy started from Batavia and reached Canton in 1655, proceeded to Peking and returned to Java in 1657.
W. C. Hunter, author of ' Bits of Old China,' visited in 1825 the grave of a Spanish priest in Honam, who lived in Canton from 1633 to 1669, and thus must have witnessed the capture of the city by the Tartars in 1650 and seen the two Dutch ships depicted in the view.
P2920. Chater VI.1
References:
Item Code:
Chater VI.1
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