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The Taking of ye City of Cotchin in Mallabar.
The Taking of ye City of Cotchin in Mallabar.
C. Decker fc. [after Johan Nieuhoff.]
[London: Awnsham and John Churchill, c.1703.]
Etching with engraving, late 17th century watermark. 280 x 355mm (11 x 13¾"), with large margins. Orignal folds
The Dutch capture of Kochi (Cochin) from the Portuguese in 1663 with several large warships firing toward the town. The plate was engraved by Dutchman Coenraet Decker (c.1650-85), a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe, as an illustration of Johan Nieuhof's Travels, 1682. This version, with an English title, was first published in 1703 but was reissued up to 1745.
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