Talk:Smeerenburg
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[edit] Painting of Smeerenburg?
I wouldn't say the painting depicts Smeerenburg per se, but just a whaling station in Spitsbergen in general. Cornelis de Man's 1639 painting appears to have been based on ABR Speeck's 1634 painting of a Danish whaling station in Spitsbergen, which would eliminate the possiblility of it being Smeerenburg. The Danes did have a station within Smeerenburg (which was several stations, not a single one as is often assumed), but the image clearly doesn't depic that station. With that, I'm going to either change the caption or remove the image altogether- although it is quite a nice illustration, so I think I may do the former. Jonas Poole (talk) 04:16, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Here's a url (http://mitfanoe.dk/Fanoe%20historie/fiskeri/p33.jpg) to view Speeck's painting. As can be clearly seen, it is obvious where de Man's inspiration came from. Jonas Poole (talk) 04:27, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
