description description

Dutch ships arrive in Achin

Image

Dutch ships arrive in Achin

Anoniem / Anonymous / Oossaan, Aart Dircksz / Wybrants, Sander

Dutch vessels arrive in Achin.

Pictured in the foreground are two inhabitants of this city who have been tortured by their king.

This illustration is an amended copy of a print taken from 'Begin ende Voortgangh / van de Vereenighde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie' by Isaac Commelin, see Rijkmsuseum, inv.nr. RP-P-OB-75-429.

This image was included by Montanus alongside the voyage undertaken by Warwijck and De Weert in 1602 and is a mirror image of an illustration held by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, inv. nr. 197 J 96 p. 304.

Please contact Koninklijke Bibliotheek for reuse and copyrights.

Sources and literature

Montanus, A., Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien (168x)