Modira-valli Lat. Pars. 7 Tab 46

Rheede tot Draakenstein van Hendrik Adriaan ( 1636 - 1692 ) Utrecht

Verlag: Artist: Rheede tot Draakenstein van Hendrik Adriaan ( - 1692 ) Utrecht issued in: Amsterdam; - Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakenstein (1636 - 1691) was governor of Cochin and author of the work Hortus Malabaricus Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede was born in 1636 in the province of Utrecht as the son of Ernst van Rheede and Elisabeth van Utenhove In 1656 he entered the service of the Dutch East India Company where he quickly made his career In November 1662 he was provisionally appointed captain Under Rijklof van Goens he took part in the capture of Cochin (January 7 1663) and Fort Cananoor (February 15 1663) on the Malabar Coast In 1671 he was appointed Commander of the Malabar Coast and in 1677 an Extraordinary Councilor Van Rheede was fasc, 1636

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Lower left and right corner perfectly replaced, size (in cm): 32 x 38 cm cm; - Illustration of a Malaysian Módira-válli (Lat.) branch, with large, elongated leaves. From the work Hortus Indicus Malabaricus. A comprehensive printed work on South Asian botany for botanists of the early modern period. European scientists, including Carl Linnaeus, borrowed from the Hortus Malabaricus. Scholars and doctors in Malabar sketched and described the local flora. Their illustrations were then executed in copperplate engravings and accompanied by the plant names transcribed in Arabic script in Latin, Malayalam, Konkani and Malay. Published by Joannis van Someren. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers DP0997_500

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Titel: Modira-valli Lat. Pars. 7 Tab 46
Verlag: Artist: Rheede tot Draakenstein van Hendrik Adriaan ( - 1692 ) Utrecht issued in: Amsterdam; - Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakenstein (1636 - 1691) was governor of Cochin and author of the work Hortus Malabaricus Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede was born in 1636 in the province of Utrecht as the son of Ernst van Rheede and Elisabeth van Utenhove In 1656 he entered the service of the Dutch East India Company where he quickly made his career In November 1662 he was provisionally appointed captain Under Rijklof van Goens he took part in the capture of Cochin (January 7 1663) and Fort Cananoor (February 15 1663) on the Malabar Coast In 1671 he was appointed Commander of the Malabar Coast and in 1677 an Extraordinary Councilor Van Rheede was fasc
Erscheinungsdatum: 1636