Victory over the Portuguese fleet off Bantam, Indonesia

Victory over the Portuguese fleet off Bantam (Indonesia) IMG

This engraving from 1601 shows the naval battle for Bantam (25-30 December 1601) when the Dutch admiral Wolfert Hermansz with five ships defeated the Portuguese fleet of thirty ships.

Victory over the Portuguese fleet off Bantam, Indonesia in 1601, copper engraving,
ca. 1608–1610, unknown artist; source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.366065, public domain.