Ambassador Van Hoorn offers gifts in Hocksieuw

Ambassador Van Hoorn an his son offer gifts to King Singlamon of Hocksieuw at the time of the third delegation to the emperor of China, 1666-1668.

Dr. Olfer Dapper (1636-1689) published a large number of books after 1663. He wrote a history of the city of Amsterdam and furnished the first Dutch translation of Herodotus. Dapper was however best known for his many descriptions of foreign lands, which he compiled from various sources without ever having seen the countries in question. This city view of Hochsieu comes from a description of the Chinese Empire.