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Havana on the Island of Cuba
Pictures by Johannes Vingboons
Joan Vinckeboons' hand-painted view of Havana shows a tall sailing ship entering the harbor beneath green hills and a fortress on the point, with an old engraved plan of the city inside. Vinckeboons was a Dutch mapmaker whose watercolor views of faraway ports were prized by Amsterdam's merchants. For a traveler, or anyone who loves Havana.
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Havana · Watercolor view / HAVANA ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA / Joan Vinckeboons, 1639 / Green hills, blue sea and a sailing ship frame the harbor entrance in this hand-painted view. Vinckeboons was a Dutch mapmaker whose watercolor views of distant ports were prized by the merchants of Amsterdam.
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