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24 July 2019 758 x 599 Download

Gezicht op het Oost-Indisch Magazijn te Amsterdam (1726)

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Kopergravure. Met de hand ingekleurd. Afbeelding van het Oost-Indisch Magazijn en de scheepswerf

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