Recto: Batavia. Verso: The CASTLE OF LIYD anchors near the Cape of Good Hope and Barlow describes the local people. He does a drawing of a 'monster', which a woman gave birth to on board a Dutch ship.
Page 181 and 182 of Edward Barlow's journal.
Page 181 (recto): Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta.
Page 182 (verso): The CASTLE OF LIYD sails to Ethiopia, but a number of men die from the bad food. They anchor near the Cape of Good Hope. Barlow describes the local people, their clothing, diet and lack of religion; also the wild animals. They hear of a woman who recently gave birth on a Dutch ship to a 'monster', which was drowned in a tub of water. Barlow saw it and drew it.
Page 181 (recto): Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta.
Page 182 (verso): The CASTLE OF LIYD sails to Ethiopia, but a number of men die from the bad food. They anchor near the Cape of Good Hope. Barlow describes the local people, their clothing, diet and lack of religion; also the wild animals. They hear of a woman who recently gave birth on a Dutch ship to a 'monster', which was drowned in a tub of water. Barlow saw it and drew it.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/4/181-182 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1674 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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