Antonio van Diemen, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indiën.
M. Balen Delineavit ad effig. D. Jongman schulp. [Dordrecht & Amsterdam, I. Van Braam & G.O. Linden, n.d., c.1726.] Engraving. 275 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed around portrait, laid on album paper. Portrait of Anthony van Diemen (1593-1645), governor-general of the Dutch East Indies 1636-45, who commissioned the expedition of Abel Tasman in 1642-45, during which he charted the southern coast of Tasmania, which he named 'Van Diemen’s Land'.
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