File:GezichtOpNieuwAmsterdam.jpg

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English: Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam by Johannes Vingboons (1664), an early picture of Nieuw Amsterdam made in the year when it was conquered by the English under Richard Nicolls.

Français : Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam par Johannes Vingboons (1664), une représentation de la Nouvelle-Amsterdam dressée en 1664, année de la conquête anglaise menée par le colonel Richard Nicolls.

Date

1664

Source

Geheugen van Nederland (Memory of The Netherlands), Selections from the Map Collections [ http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?intldl/awkbbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(awkb012367))

Author

Johannes Vingboons (1616–1670)
Alternative names	Jan Vinckeboons Joan Vinckeboons Johannes Vinckeboons Joan Vingboom Jan Vingboons Joan Vingboons
Description	Dutch cartographer and painter
Date of birth/death	1616	1670
Location of birth/death		Amsterdam
Authority control	WorldCat

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