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Antique Print of the Churches of Nalour and Baticalo by Baldaeus (1703)

  • Condition: Good, general age-related tonig. Minor wear and small defects. Text and image on verso, please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1703
  • Overall size: 20 x 32 cm.
  • Image size: 16.5 x 12.5 cm.
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.. Antique Print of the Churches of Nalour and Baticalo by Churchill (1703)

Description: Antique print titled 'Nalour'. View of the churches of Nalour, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). On the verso, a view of the churches of Batecolle / Baticalo. This print originates from 'A true and exact description of the most celebrated East-India coasts of Malabar and Coromandel; as also of the isle of Ceylon' by P. Baldaeus. 

Artists and Engravers: Printed by A. Churchill. Father Philippus Baldaeus, Baelde or Philip Balde (October 1632, Delft 1672, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna, Ceylon with an invading Dutch force during 17th Century. As the first European he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island.