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East Indian market stall in Batavia, by A. Eckhout, about 1640-1666.

Credit: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

A chief merchant of the VOC, possibly Jacob Mathieusen, with his wife and an enslaved servant, by A. Cuyp, about 1650-1655.

Credit: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Castle of Batavia, by A. Beeckman, about 1662.

Credit: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

View of Batavia, by H. J. Dubbels, about 1640-1670.

Credit: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

This watercolour by Johannes Vingboons, made about 1655, shows the gate with a portico façade. The design is identical to the one recovered from the Batavia wreck.

Credit: National Archives, Netherlands, NL-HaNA_4.VELH_619.32

BATAVIA IN THE EAST INDIES

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