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Tiger Hunt
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Tiger Hunt

Adrianus Canter Visscher · c. 1675 - c. 1725 · writing (processes); drawing; paper

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Drawing from the manuscript of VOC servant Adrianus Canter Visscher, containing twenty-eight Indian miniatures and two maps of places on the Coromandel coast at the back. The text consists of two parts: a history of the Mughal Empire and VOC settlements on the Coromandel coast; followed by advice to the Lords XVII on the economic situation of the VOC in the Coromandel.

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drawingVerenigde Oostindische CompagnieAdrianus Canter VisscherCoromandelkust
Credit lineTijgerjacht. c. 1675 - c. 1725. Adrianus Canter Visscher. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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