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Meal given in honour of the Dutch by the king of Ternate

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Meal given in honour of the Dutch by the king of Ternate

Anoniem / Anonymous

The picture shows a hall with a large assembled company, including Dutch, seated at a table with food. In the foreground left swordsmen fight. Through the open door one can glimpse a European vessel. The king of Ternate has invited the Dutch to a big celebration.

According to the index in 'Begin ende Voortgang', the illustration is entitled: Gastmael des Koninckx van Ternaten.

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Sources and literature

Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende Voortgangh / van de Vereenighde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie: Vervatende De Voornaemste Reysen / by de Inwoonderen derselver Provincien derwaerts gedaen. (1646)