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Tournament in Tuban

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Tournament in Tuban

Anoniem / Anonymous / Langenes, Barent

Tournament in Tuban.

Bottom centre: No: 3.

The second Dutch expedition to the Indies, led by Jacob van Neck and Wijbrant van Warwijck, set sail from the Dutch Republic in May 1598 and arrived in Bantam, on West Java, towards the end of that same year. From Bantam, four vessels sailed on to the Moluccas.They were led by Wijbrant vanWarwijck and Jacob van Heemskerck. This part of the fleet made landfall in Tuban on Java, among other places, where they were received by the local ruler. The print features the numbers A and B, with explanatory notes given above.

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Sources and literature

Neck, Jacob Cornelisz. van, Het tvveede boeck, iournael oft dagh-register: inhoudende een warachtich verhael ende historische vertellinghe vande reyse, gedaen door de acht schepen van Amstelredamme, gheseylt inden maent martij 1598 (1601)