In the John
Overton map, A new
plaine and exact map of Asia,
images [624] dated 1666 and [587] dated 1671, there are three city
views that do not figure in other maps.???? Arosbay, Bantan, and
Gamalama. At the beginning of the 17th century the movement of
information was steadily increasing.
In 1592 the cartographer Petrus Plancius with access to Portuguse
nautical charts from the Spanish Bartolomeo de Lasso published charts
detailing the route to the Indies. Cornelis de Houtmanwas was sent to
Portugal to check these charts and obtain more information. This
together with the information from Jan Huyghen van Linschoten returning
from Goa enabled the First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia in 1595/97,
followed quickly by a second in 1598 led by Admiral Jacob van Neck
together with Vice-Admiral Wybrand van Warwyck and Jacob van
Heemskerck. Van Neck returned in 1599 and published his account in 1601
with an English edition in the same year and a French edition in 1609. |
#2100
Jacob van Neck; Langenes, Barent I (Middelburg), 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. onder 't beleydt
vanden admirael Iacob Cornelisz. Neck, ende Wybrandt van VVarvvijck als
vice-admirael, Middelburch, : men vintse te coop by Barent Langhenes,
1601 ~
#2105 Masselman, George, The cradle of colonialism, Yale University
Press, New Haven and London, 1963 ~ p.68-70
#2102 NECK, Jacob Corneliszoon van (1564-1638). The Journall, or Dayly
Register, Contayning a True manifestation, and Historical declaration
of the voyage, accomplished by eight shippes of Amsterdam... Translated
from Dutch into English by William Walker. London: [S. Stafford and F
Kingston] for Cuthbert Burby and John Flasket, 1601.
#2101 Neck, Jacob Cornelisz van, 1564-1638, e second livre, iournal ou
comptoir, contenant le vray discours et narration historique, du voyage
faict par les huit navires d'Amsterdam, au mois de Mars l'an 1598 /
sous la conduite de l'Admiral Iaques Corneille Necq, & du
Vice-Admiral VVibrant de VVarvvicq ... ; Aussi est icy adiousté un
Vocabulaire des mots franco?is, iavans [et] malaites, chez Cornille
Nicolas, marchand libraire, demeurant sur l'eauë, au Livre ŕ escrire,
1609 ~
#2104 Pontanus, Johannes Isacius, 1571-1639; Montanus, Petrus, ca.
1560-1625, Historische beschrijvinghe der seer wijt beroemde coopstadt
Amsterdam. Eerst int Latijn ghestelt ende beschreven, Amsterdam,
1614 ~ illustrations for Bantam p. 212, Arosbay p. 242 and
Gamalama p. 267 |
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[624]
title: City view of Arosbay from John Overton, A new plaine and
exact map of Asia 1671, bottom row#
date: 1671
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Bird's
eye view of the battle near Aros Bay on Madura. The second voyage to
Indonesia, led by Jacob van Neck and Wijbrant van Warwijck, was
reasonably successful. The fleet set sail in May 1598 and arrived in
Bantam towards the end of that same year. In Bantam the fleet split:
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. Here the Dutch came into
conflict with the local population.
creator: Anoniem
/ Anonymous
engraver / etcher:
Langenes
publisher: Barent
date: c. 1601
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 (Middelburg, 1601)
source: Atlas of
Mutual Heritage
In another copy of Jacob van Neck; Langenes, Barent I (Middelburg), Het
tvveede boeck, iournael oft dagh-register.., the illustration does not
have the letters A to E. [#2100p39]
In Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende voortgangh, van de Vereenighde
Nederlantsche Goectroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie.., the illustration
does have the letters A to E. [#1866p473]
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Bantan. City view
of Bantan from John Overton, A new plaine and exact map of Asia 1671,
bottom row. |
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Title: Bird's eye view of
Bantam. Two vessels fly the Dutch flag.
creator / engraver /
etcher: Anoniem / Anonymous
date: 1614
Literature:
Pontanus, Johannes Isacius, Historische beschrijvinghe der seer wijt
beroemde coop-stad Amsterdam (Amsterdam, 1614)
source: Atlas of
Mutual Heritagetan
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Another
copy in Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende voortgangh, van de Vereenighde
Nederlantsche Goectroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie... [#1866p298] |
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City view of
Gammalamma from John Overton, A new plaine and exact map of Asia 1671,
bottom row. |
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City
view of Gamalama in Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende voortgangh, van de
Vereenighde Nederlantsche Goectroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie...
after p. 33, figure no. 25. [#1866p530] |
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Another
copy of the city view of Gamalama in Jacob van Neck; Langenes, Barent I
(Middelburg), Het tvveede boeck, iournael oft dagh-register..,
[#2100p79] |