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| Keywords: 1740 Batavia massacre.jpg en Bird's eye view of part of the city of Batavia where there is fighting while houses stand in flames in the foreground at the time of the massacre of the Chinese in 1740 In the foreground a number of houses with neck gables topped by a reclining moon stand in flames To the right in the foreground several men are busy priming cannon aimed at the biggest house in the row the home of the Chinese captain In the street running in front of these houses a crowd of people in European and Eastern dress fight pitched battles with pistols knives and clubs Many bodies float in the canal flanking the street and in the streets nearby where there is also fighting the canals are also littered with floating corpses To the right is a big building marked with the letter A; the Batavia city hall Here horsemen and troops stand at the ready In the background the fields and farms outside the city are depicted Below the picture the massacre is described in a poem In the background Rotterdam point is visible nl Afbeelding van dat gedeelte van Batavia alwaar eigentlyk de Schrikkelijke Slagting der Chinezen na de Ontdekking van hun Verraad geschied is den 9 Octob 1740 http //www nationaalarchief nl/amh/detail aspx page dafb lang en id 1950 Atlas of Mutual Heritage Adriaan van der Laan circa 1740 “1750 Chinezenmoord1740 gif PD-old-100 1740 Batavia massacre | ||||
