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Portuguese prisoners of war build a fort near Kandy (engraving)

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Portuguese prisoners of war build a fort near Kandy (engraving)
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Baldaeus, Philip (1632-1672) / Dutch
Location
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Medium
engraving
Date
1672 AD (C17th AD)
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A True and Exact Description of the most celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and also of the Isle of Ceylon; Father Philippus Baldaeus, Baelde or Philip Balde was a missionary and representative of the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon for 10 years In 1505 the Portuguese gained a monopoly in the spice and cinnamon trade in Ceylon. The ruler Vimala Dharma Suriya defeated them in 1592 and deployed the prisoners to build a fort. The Dutch were invited by the Sri Lankans to help fight the Portuguese who they finally ousted.

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book / Netherlands / Europe / Sri Lanka / Asia / fortress / portuguese / constructiion / dutch east india company / empire / trade / prisoners / portugal / labor / trading / imperial / forced / sinhalese / dutch east indies / colonial / labour / building / vereenigde oostindische compagnie / illustration / baldaeus / ceylon / voc / kandy / fort

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