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BROMMER, Bea. - Batavia in 1627. Wonen en leven in een multiculturele stad.

Title: Batavia in 1627. Wonen en leven in een multiculturele stad.
Description: Zutphen, Walburgpers, 2022. 4to. Boards. With numerous coloured illustrations and plans. 226 pp.In 1619 the Dutch founded a new city, Batavia, on the ruins of the conquered Javanese Jayakarta. This center of the VOC trade in Asia attracted residents from all over the world. On the basis of a special map from 1627, Bea Brommer gives an impression of daily life in Batavia at that time, with stories from a number of citizens. Brommer discusses in detail the houses in the city and the plantations beyond.

Keywords: Batavia Indonesia Java VOC Dutch East India Company VOC Indonesia

Price: EUR 44.00 = appr. US$ 47.82 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36788