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Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia. Batavia can refer to the city proper or its suburbs and hinterland, the Ommelanden, which included the much larger area of the Residency of Batavia in the present-day Indonesian provinces of Jakarta, Banten and West Java .
Jan 8, 2022 · Established by the Dutch in 1619, Batavia rapidly became the heart of the Dutch East Indies. Spice in the 17th century was as good as gold — and the abundance of spice in Batavia made the Netherlands rich. All the while, colonizers in Batavia regularly relied on violence to subdue the indigenous population — and massacred thousands of them.
- Kaleena Fraga
How did the Dutch East India Company (VOC) control and regulate the diverse population of Batavia, the colonial capital of Southeast Asia? This article explores the social and cultural tensions between Dutch Batavians and their servants, slaves, and other groups through paintings and sumptuary codes.
- Marsely L. Kehoe
- 2015
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Dec 6, 2023 · Learn how the Dutch East India Company (VOC) dominated trade and power in Asia in the seventeenth century and how Andries Beeckman depicted the colonial city of Batavia in his painting. See the details of the diverse figures, goods, and architecture in the landscape and the cultural clash of the Dutch and the locals.
The Dutch, under the leadership of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, captured and razed the city in 1619, after which the capital of the Dutch East Indies—a walled township named Batavia—was established on the site. The colonial history of the city can be divided into three major periods.
Learn about the history and significance of The Castle of Batavia, a seventeenth-century oil painting by Andries Beeckman. The painting depicts the Dutch East India Company's headquarters, the diverse marketplace, and the colonial power in Indonesia.
