William Adams (samurai)
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William Adams, better known in Japan as Miura Anjin, was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan. He was later granted samurai status, and was recognised as one o
17th-century engraving. From left to right, Blijde Boodschap, Trouw, Geloof, Liefde and Hoop
Location of Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea
Blue skies over Chiloe
Aerial view of La Mocha
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
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Batavia was an imperial Dutch port city that eventually, after two centuries of Dutch occupation, became the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia. B
William Adams (samurai)
…home to England, Adams decided to stay in Japan, where he died at the age of 55. His Japan-born children, Joseph and Susanna, were likely expelled to Batavia in 1635 when Tokugawa Iemitsu closed Japan to foreign trade; they disappear from historical records at that time. Adams was born in Gillingham, Kent…
Collectie N Mv Wereldculturen, TM 60036462, Foto, 'De Kali Besar Zuid in de Chinese wijk van Batavia', fotograaf onbekend, 1925 1938
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Stadhuis in de benedenstad van Batavia T Mnr 60004846
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM 'Het standbeeld van J.P. Coen voor het Paleis van Daendels het 'Grote Huis' aan het Waterlooplein in Weltevreden te Batavia' T Mnr 10015443
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Luchtfoto van het spoorwegstation te Batavia Kota T Mnr 10014030