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Banquet to mark new treaties between the VOC and the rulers of Timor

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Banquet to mark new treaties between the VOC and the rulers of Timor

Anoniem / Anonymous

Festive banquet, organised by Johannes Paravicini, a VOC commissioner who was instructed by the Company to persuade the rulers of Timor and the surrounding islands to forge a treaty barring outside merchants from the region. In this way trade with other nations (the VOC was particularly concerned about the Portuguese) was forbidden.

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