This fascinating copperplate engraving, showing interior of a temple, comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby.

 

is this the queen of kollam -kerala-india?She was often allied with the Queen of Attingal (such as Umayamma Rani) and signed treaties with European powers like the Portuguese. 

Frontispice! So another look at the book by traveller and diplomat Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672). Just look at this mesmerizing frontispice. There is just so much going on here. So the book is

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Frontispice! So another look at the book by traveller and diplomat Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672). Just look at this mesmerizing frontispice. There is just so much going on here. So the book is

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Arabian Countries in Antique Prints from Heatons in Tisbury

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An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China : delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his

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OGILBY, John, translator. NIEUHOFF, Jan (1640-1672). An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China. London: by the Author, 1673. | Christie's

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Arabian Countries in Antique Prints from Heatons in Tisbury

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OGILBY, John, translator. NIEUHOFF, Jan (1640-1672). An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China. London: by the Author, 1673. | Christie's

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Arabian Countries in Antique Prints from Heatons in Tisbury

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OGILBY, John (1600-1676), translator. NIEUHOFF, Jan (1640-1672). An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China. London: by the Author, 1673. --

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Arabian Countries in Antique Prints from Heatons in Tisbury

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Arabian Countries in Antique Prints from Heatons in Tisbury

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OGILBY, John, translator. NIEUHOFF, Jan (1640-1672). An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China. London: by the Author, 1673. | Christie's

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OGILBY, John (1600-1676), translator. NIEUHOFF, Jan (1640-1672). An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China. London: by the Author, 1673. --

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OGILBY, John, translator. NIEUHOFF, Jan (1640-1672). An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China. London: by the Author, 1673. | Christie's

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