Bird's eye view of the roadstead at Bantam with De Houtman's fleet

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Bird's eye view of the roadstead at Bantam with De Houtman's fleet

Anoniem / Anonymous / Langenes, Barent

Bird's eye view of the Bantam roadstead.

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The fleet of Cornelis de Houtman is attacked by the inhabitants of Bantam and the Portuguese, but defeats them, 1596.

Cf. Universiteitsbibliotheek, Universiteit van Amsterdam, inv. nr. OF 63 778, 9.

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Banten

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Langenes, Barent (publisher)

Period

ca. 1598

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

18,5 x 14 cm18,5 x 14 cm

Number

1700 C 8

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, fence / kraal, ship / vessel, anchorage / pier / harbour, Person, flora, blockade / naval battle, Asians, Africans & Americans

Sources and literature

Houtman, Cornelis de, Verhael van de Reyse by de Hollandtsche Schepen gedaen naer Oost Indien: haer avontuer ende succes / met de beschryvinghe der Landen daer zy gheweest zyn / der Steden ende Inwoonderen met Caerten ende figueren verlicht seer ghenoechlijck om lesen (1598)