Dutch ships off Bantam attacked by locals with bow and arrow in small boats, ca. 1600. Probably refers to battles with Javanese in the bay of Bantam, during Cornelis de Houtman's First Schipvaert to the East Indies in 1595-1597. Stored in the Frederik Muller collection as being (incorrectly) an illustration of the naval battle off Bantam between the five Dutch ships of Admiral Wolfert Hermansz and the Portuguese fleet of thirty ships in the naval battle, December 25-30, 1601, Dutch ships at Bantam attacked by locals, ca. 1600 Battles at Bantam , print maker: Dirk de Jong, (mentioned on object

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