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Description: Plate 9, "Logie van Suratte", a view of the factory ("logie) of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Surat as seen in April 1629 by Pieter van den Broecke (1585-1640), a Dutch cloth merchant in the service of VOC. This copperplate engraving from 'Historische ende Iournaelsche Aentekeningh, van 't gene Pieter van den Broecke op sijne Reysen, soo van Cabo Verde, Angola, Gunea en Oost-Indien voorghevallen is.... (Pieter van den Broecke: Voyages to West Africa and Asia 1605-1630.), which was part of the monumental work by Isaac Commelin (1598-1676) on VOC voyages: 'Begin ende voortgangh van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Companie....', was published by Joannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1646.
Title: Dutch East India Company's warehouse and living quarters in Surat
Credit: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/mughal/surat/surat.html
Author: Pieter van den Broecke (1585-1640)
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