Bird's eye view of the battle near Aros Bay on Madura

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Bird's eye view of the battle near Aros Bay on Madura

Anoniem / Anonymous / Langenes, Barent

Bird's eye view of the battle near Aros Bay on Madura. 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.These were lead by Wijbrant van Warwijck and Jacob van Heemskerck. After a visit to the city of Tuban on Java, they sailed to the island of Madura, where they came into armed conflict with its inhabitants.

Bottom left: No: 4.

The print features a key numbered A through E, with explanatory notes.

Please contact Universiteitsbibliotheek / Universiteit van Amsterdam for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Java

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Langenes, Barent (publisher)

Period

ca. 1601

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

14 x 20,5 cm14 x 20,5 cm

Number

O 60 641, p. 16

Owner

Universiteitsbibliotheek / Universiteit van Amsterdam

Tags

key, anchorage / pier / harbour, ship / vessel, blockade / naval battle, bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, Map/Chart/Plan, Person, Asians, Africans & Americans, European, house, building

Sources and literature

Neck, Jacob Cornelisz. van, Het tvveede boeck, iournael oft dagh-register: inhoudende een warachtich verhael ende historische vertellinghe vande reyse, gedaen door de acht schepen van Amstelredamme, gheseylt inden maent martij 1598 (1601)