Title: VOC Map of Colombo & surrounding
Date: 1750-1800
Technique: coloured drawing
Photography/Artist: Wohlfarth, C.C. (land surveyor / mapmaker)
Locations: Colombo [Columbo, Calamba, Kolombo, Colombe]
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