The king of Ternate visits the mosque

The king of Ternate visits the mosque.

The print features a key numbered A to C, with explanatory notes.

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 From late May to early August 1599 two of these ships, the Utrecht and Amsterdam, under the command of Wybrand van Warwyck, stayed at Ternate, where the Dutch traded to obtain cloves and established ties with the local sultan Saidi Berkat. This print shows the Sultan making his way to the mosque.

Cf. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, inv. nr. RP-P-OB-75-402.