View of part of Bantam showing an attack on the Portuguese fleet in 1601
Anoniem / Anonymous
A view of the coast of Bantam with several vessels locked in battle in the foreground. In the background several East Indiamen are depicted flying the Dutch flag. Behind them a landscape with palm trees and to the left a city labelled above: Bantam.
A couple of islands are depicted in the sea, labelled Pulo Panian, De Wachter.
The painting further lists the following topographical names: Strate van Sunda, Hoeck van Bantam en t' Landt van Sumatra.
The ships in the foreground fly the following flags the Dutch tricolour, a flag with a Madonna and St Andrew's cross, flags with a Maltese cross and flags with the St. Andrew's cross.
The print is a combination of the following prints (RP-P-OB-75.312, RP-P-OB-75.313, RP-P-OB-75.314) and bears the key A-H:
A: Hollandtsche Vlote ghecomen inde strate van Sunda.
B: Een Chineesche Pirau die de voorsz. Vlote adverteert vande Poortugeesse Armade.
C: Die Hollanders comende by hare Vyanden.
D: Armade vande Poortugeessen, soo die Hollanders die eerst ingheseylt, ende gheabbordeert hebben.
E: Die voorsz. Poortugeessche Armade, loefwaert legghende vande Hollantsche, poocht met brant-schepen die selfde te destruweren.
F: Die Hollandtsche Armade, liwaert vande Poortugeessche gheleghen, en wert van de brant-schepen niet beschadicht.
G: Die Poortugesen verlatende Bantam ende het Eylandt Iava, nemen met haere overgebleven Galeyen ende Schepen die vlucht naer die Molucken.
H: Die welcke vande Hollanders een tijdt lang naer gheseylt ende met griff gheschut vervolcht zijn.
RP-P-OB-75.312 bears the name Alardi en Cloppenburgh, and the note dedicarunt.
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