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- Battle of Bantam - Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo, 1601

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Dutch victory over the Portugese fleet at Bantam, 1601. Copper engraving made by Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo used as illustration in Beschrijvinghe ende af-beeldinge van alle de victorien ... des Maurits van Nassau, by J.J. Orlers and H. van Haestens, published in Leiden 1610. Size (platemark): 23,5 x 36,5 cm. The naval Battle of Bantam took place on 27 December 1601 in Bantam Bay (today's Banten Bay), when an exploration fleet of 5 Dutch ships under admiral Walter Harmensz. and a fleet under André Furtado de Mendonça, sent from Goa to restore Portuguese authority, met in the Indonesian archipelago. The Portuguese, however, were forced to retreat, leaving behind three ships. Therewith the foundation for Dutch trade in the East was laid. The following year, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established. Literature: Frederik Muller - De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen : beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, I, p. 143, no. 1173. Price: Euro 375,-
EUR 375.00 [Appr.: US$ 408.01 | £UK 321.75 | JP¥ 62945] Book number 7821

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