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Coastline profile of Enggano, near Sumatra

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Coastline profile of Enggano, near Sumatra

Jolinck, Heyndrick Dircxz.

In the final days of 1598, several ships of the Second Expedition (Tweede Schipvaart) passed the island of Enggano to the southwest of Sumatra. This island was, according to helmsman Heyndrick Dirrecksen Jolinck of the Vriesland, regularly mistaken for the Sumatran mainland by Europeans. He drew this coastline profile of the island, which he here calls ‘Ilha de Ingano’, when it is about 5 miles from the observer in east by south and southern direction.

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Sources and literature

Keuning, De tweede schipvaart der Nederlanders naar Oost-Indië̈ onder Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck en Wybrant Warwijck, 1598-1600 : journalen, documenten en andere bescheiden (1938-1951)