Ridderhofstede Meerburg

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Leiden (nabij Leiderdorp)

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Data afkomstig van Hendrik Engel's alphabetical list of Dutch zoological cabinets and menageries [331]

Pieter de la Court van der Voort. - 21 May 1664 (Leiden) - 12 September 1739 (Leiden).
A well-to-do textile merchant.
Owner of the "Ridderhostede" (Mansion) "Meerburg" near Leiden, where he developed the ananas-culture and cultivated many rare-plants.
There are two pictures of the menagerie at the mansion "Meerburg" near Leiderdorp (removed 1824).

Figuren van de Menagerie kunnen hier gevonden worden:

http://www.oudleiden.nl/pdf1/1945_15.pdf

last updated: 06-14-2018