The Island of Manaer, 1658 (1672)
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Title
The Island of Manaer , 1658 (1672)
Date Original
1704
Publisher
London , Printed for A. and J . Churchill
Description
1 print ; engraving , 28 x 36 cm . Volume 3 . Page 792 . The "Castle of Manaer " was built by the Portuguese in 1650 . It was surrendered to the Dutch in 1658 , and they fully rebuilt it in 1686 . The Dutch in turn surrendered it to the British in 1795 . The fort still exists today .
Subject
Religious facilities ; Churches ; Military facilities ; Forts & fortifications ; Maps
Type
Image
Genre
Engravings ; Maps
Location Depicted
Asia--Sri Lanka--Northern Province--Mannar Island
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Source
Is found in A collection of voyages and travels , some now first printed from original manuscripts. Others translated out of foreign languages , and now first published in English. To which are added some few that have formerly appear'd in English , but do now for their excellency and scarceness deserve to be reprinted. In four volumes , 910.8 C475c at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Identifier
voy3p792
Digitization
Original items were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into JPEGs and uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Contributors
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections
Language
English
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