permission to huild-a factory .at Bantam, which- was j.thysfir.st seSteffi&t
formed by thé D.utch in,the EaskJnddtes’., ■;
F a llow in g
i Which he. himself was,.whichuoeeasioned his,-guittfiig.;thafc.plaae, haviiigihoweveï!first etetured
“ a junk laden with provisions,” ,
Deeaid. i^jaSShk’i.^Chaptfer 17. __
“ IntfJfeJ,y,TlS28,j DomGarcia-„Henriquez-appears‘to havejtouched. at the pert bf'Paheriica,
^?u(I)anarukan) for thetpuiposes of takingriu'. provisions; omhis way to' MalataeS ;■ and’kir1a!so
“ appears,, that thejggg^.chieftdfi Panemca sent.amhassadors WtheiPortuguesfes-’göVefiiei' 'óf
. “ Malacca, iiisjihp .same --yean-'ISSj&Kïift
The following.is the substance o£ a .descriptions® Java from, the JDecada ofeffiiego' de Co'ütö.
—Decad. iv. Book iii. Chapter i.
Coutft describes -tbe^wreck^f, .a Fortuguesetvesieh,’. and; the; .dfistrimtaah. o f her: crCW-lbyittfe
Moopes, who had •.ju&t^be.eóinetinastëraiJöf jthe Mmgddirf.oÊ Sofidajjihrj-nearLy'-thef'sa’meiwoKfe. ds
Barros, j Her ttemiproceeds to state, that Francis des S4i ran ibefore:tha*storrii2aloh^.'lhi;icfea&r
of Java, and collected, bis:-.scattered^vessels in-.-the.port. of Eaneruca^ andugives'ai'genferaPde-'
Scription of Java in nearly5 the following words. ■5
- “ But it will be proper toegive- a.concise’ descriptionfofiithisecdufitty;! dMit'o'.SbS&iVSich
•‘fjwererthe.Greater and.thei-EesseriJava-of-MarmrEcdo, in ifrriTtfnr(lf| i Mn OTHMwli^Wi llllHiill
‘‘’prevailed atnóhgohodem geographers on this.subject., >
’ TiVTSe figuret’of the -island-of Java, resembles a hog couched-QO>its-foreJeg&r"mffidtS/gnout
^liiBithê channel of Balaberao, and its; hinjcbtlegs towards, the. mouth of; Üife;Straitslöfc“SmMa -
“ ' which. Js.much frequented.J>y?Snr ships. ThifeislaadJiesidirectly; east and^west.; itJtl|h?gth
about-êsifebumïrèd and sixty, andjits breadth ab.butiseventy. leaguhs,'iTiX>;
“ The. s.onthern./ooasti(hög’sr;back), is/apt fre'ijaenfed'hyous,. and<Btsibays,ana.p'fftt^aresindt'
filcknpwp.; hut.the_northern .coast (bog’s bgll^^S.mjlfihiuGrequcnted/, aruhhas .pïiiuy goöchpor.tsh
“ and.althongh there artrmaay'shdals., yea tfaetchainiel»^pd tlfe50oh«*agestarg’sorwelhkn0-wn'
“ that but few disasters happen. ’
as “ .'There ai;e masy kingdoms, along,- ^telpiasitinie-parts,.soma of-theme-subordinate to^thb
“ others; and beginning at the east (head of the teg ), we willset, down themanresto&stich, as
“ are known: Ovalle, Vaneruoa, Agasai, Sodayo, Paniao (whose sovereign: resides thirty -leagues'
“ inland,,and is a kind.of emperöribver these andQthersibereaftekmentioised)»!<®t^,j*B®;rfdaa,
« •Qi&fao',' Jipdrajvrhose-, principale city or, town is^calletb Cerinhamaj. three-leagues’:.island, '
^■whijé. Japara is situated on the sea shore)^.Da»ia, Margaa, Banta, Sunda, Andreguir (where
“ there is much pepper, which'is’exported by a.ri'fer called. lande). Jn the mountainous.in-
« terior there are many kings,Tcufed Gmo$;„Aey Ipteiamong rugged-mwintains, are.Savage
“ and brutal, and many of them eat human flesh.
Thesermoimtaing}ar.e. exceedingly high,- and some, of them: emit flames, likesthe. island, of
** Ternati. Every!one,of these-kingdoms,which we have named.bas a lang s g a ’ o£itsown.;r7yet
tihey mutually.understand each other,- as we do the Spaniards and. Galicians.' ,
i “ The kingdom of Sunda is thriving and abundant; it lies between Java and Sumatra, hav-
“ ing between .it, and the latter the. Straits-of Sunda. Mwy islands he along the Goasbrof
. ..this
I N T R 0 E> GCTION. XXV
• I Following the - example2of theiDutchpfthe English. East. India Company,
immediately) after L'tfiè'iwiïicórpöratïon ibyd^ueen Elizabeth in 1001, fitted
d :••••.' 1 , . A out
®J!tMr kingdom within the Strafe, for- tearly th e space of/orty fe&gues, which in the widest are
“^about twen(yr^ .e ,( a n ^ in q |h e ^ ^ ^ t.welve^iagqeSf^qady Banta is (about the middle
th eM mds ^ara wgl |M6red,^it~'have 'little water. A «™alT!one,\
^'Macar,' ab4K’e-eTtrdnce^^e^S&mtsJ a :^aid to ^Sw^óh^ld. ’
?£ Chacatara (or, by another
ƒ < [ t0 which eveigf. year resort about tw.entjrCommas, which are,a Hna 0f
1 to Cmnhec1 (Co chin China)) ^ but, of^the, maritime pmvinfces of
'jlfjoad^pp^er:.f(For tigs ki^^öm’Epr.ojduces eight,thousand .bah'ars, which are. equal toAhirty
annually,
“ bantam is ^grees o g ^ u ^ la titu d e / iri the nuclfee êta'ëne T ayTwmteis
ü/.three,leagtfes frörfi-póint to,%5int.'j' The town in length, stretchihg'’l'andWkf dp 5^ eigKf h|ih-
fafhoJbg, and the _seaport,e^en^s> about fo,ur- hundred. * A'ijver capable of afl- I iPutty%j™ks and ^allies, flotretbrough % M M f t h e to v ^ /a small branch oftbis rfrar
moais a h dw ia i^S fb iyi’^
jf</_ There is a brick-fo^^tl|^-^ j^jtlfjjj^hich^are seygnj_palms thick, Wijh(wooden bulwarks,
anchorage % good; in .some places a muddy, :|a
wmhors ’a'satuly bottom, the de.ptbfrom,’twi> tfl six fathoms.
ThTe|f] ^ ^ | Ggn^ J b ^ , vGopcgitdng that if he had a fortress in this situation he should be
ant^ the pepper of those kingdoms, jrecommended it strongly to
* the have afbrt built by Tranciscode Sa ;“ and even fabw i£ would be perhaps
JJv^tilh more.hnpprtant well’:for the purpose of, defending .'thejnntranee against the English
“ ngd-th^l^^ ^ ^ as ■ fon’tb^ general, security, of the trade and' cömmercë of those parts, which
^‘ ïi^M ^ a c ïp a i; value hflndia: And it was the o^moii o f our forefathers, that if: the Ving
“^possessed“threfe fortresse'sv ong imthis situation,-rons4n Aoheen head, and one oh the coast of
■“ , [PegU; _ thte> navigation of the east would in a manner be locked by-these keys, and the king
“''’woüTd'be'lörd xiF'alF itS'-rlSies; and they gaye many reasons- ’hf- support 'of their opinionis,
«'which1 we fbrbéhr to repeat, and return to Java.
jjj'f- The island, of Javans abundantly furnished with 'every thing necessary to human life ; so
imueh‘so,'i-tlia^fromdt''Malacca, Acheen, and other neighbouring countries, 'derive! their sup-
“ plies.’
“ The natives, who are', called.i/aos (Javans), are so proud that-they-think all mankind their
“ mferibrs; so'tHat, if a Javan ^frere passing hlong the street, and saw a native of any other
‘ Country standing on any hillock or place raised highfer than th e ' ground on 'Which he was
<* walking;1 i f such person'did not immediately come 'down until 'he should havé passed, thè
■“ ’Javan would kill hïih? for he’Will permit no person to stand above’him;- üët would a Javan
carry any weight or bfirtheri oh his head, 'even if they should threateri him with death.
“ They are a brkve and derermined’ raoe of men, and for-any slight oflfehce will run, amok
‘‘‘.to hè revenged; and even if they are run 'through and through with a lance, they will
‘“ 'advance'untilthey- close with their adveiskry. ’
Arrival ^if the
English.
:= The