Batavia die Haupt- Stadt, Festung und Residenz des Holländischen Gouverneurs am Fluss Jacatra in Ostindien auf der grossen und herrlichen Insul Java..

Title

Batavia die Haupt- Stadt, Festung und Residenz des Holländischen Gouverneurs am Fluss Jacatra in Ostindien auf der grossen und herrlichen Insul Java..

Description

Beautiful view of the city and harbour of Jacarta (former Batavia) with offshore ships.

ca. 1750

Artist

Bergmüller

Historical Description

The island's exceptional fertility and rainfall allowed the development of wet-field rice cultivation, which required sophisticated levels of cooperation between villages. Out of these village alliances, small kingdoms developed. The chain of volcanic mountains and associated highlands running the length of Java kept its interior regions and peoples separate and relatively isolated. Java's contact with the European colonial powers began in 1522 with a treaty between the Sunda kingdom and the Portuguese in Malacca. After its failure, the Portuguese presence was confined to Malacca, and to the eastern islands. In 1596, a four-ship expedition led by Cornelis de Houtman was the first Dutch contact with Indonesia. In June 1619 the Dutch moved to Jakarta, which influenced them under the name Batavia to the center of the colonial empire in Asia. Realization of colonial rule also spread to Java. He was particularly significant because he was heard by many as a counterweight to the culture of European perception. On the other hand, the Dutch hardly attempted Christian missionary work. The Dutch use Chinese as traders and tax collectors, they concern each other incredibly in the social relationship. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Eligible State owned control of the colony. Since the administration was proclaimed, Java has been the center of the Republic of Indonesia with the state capital Jakarta.