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Dutch Travellers in Arabia in the Seventeenth Century (Part II)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

C. F. Beckingham
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Van Den Broecke sailed to Surat and Calicut and thence to Bantam, where he landed on 18th November, to find that Reynst had died. Coen considered that the voyage had been successful. On 25th November he informed Hans de Hase on the Coromandel Coast that nearly all the merchandise had been sold at Mocha at very high prices and that the Nassau had brought to Java 23,000 rials in cash: this had been only a trial voyage, but a good cargo would be sent when there was an opportunity. On 10th December Coen reported to Holland that all the goods had been sold satisfactorily at Mocha except for some cloves, nutmegs, mace, and porcelain, which had been taken on to Surat. He described Van den Broecke as having been made very welcome by the “Viceroy of Leamen” at his capital, “Scena,” a “great, beautiful and populous” town, lying ten days’ journey inland from Mocha. He expressed surprise that the Turks should be able to keep their populous Arabian territories peaceful and obedient with such a small number of troops. Before Coen died in 1629 the Imam of San'a was to prove that the Turks were able to do nothing of the kind, even with considerably more troops; even in 1616 their power in the north was not always recognized, but it must be remembered that Van den Broecke had travelled only along one of the principal highways of the country. Of the commerce of the Yemen Coen gave his directors an account resembling that published by Van den Broeckem and discussed it in relation to the Company's interests elsewhere.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 83 , Issue 3-4 , October 1951 , pp. 170 - 181
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1951

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page 170 note 1 H. T. Colenbrander, dl 2, p. 211.

page 171 note 1 Ibid., dl 1, pp. 237–240.

page 171 note 2 V. d. Broecke, pp. 71–6.

page 171 note 3 H.T.Colenbrander, dl 2, p.285.

page 171 note 4 Ibid., dl 4, pp. 401–2.

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page 172 note 3 H. T. Colenbrander, dl 1, p. 346. In this month Coen became Governor-General.

page 172 note 4 E.g. ibid., pp. 371,388.

page 172 note 5 Ibid., p. 393.

page 172 note 6 Ibid., p. 486.

page 173 note 1 Ibid., p. 573.

page 173 note 2 Ibid., dl 2, pp. 737–740.

page 173 note 3 V. d. Broecke, pp. 124–6.

page 174 note 1 Near Cape Guardafui.

page 174 note 2 This parallel crosses the island.

page 174 note 3 Probably ‘Umar. Socotra has been subject to Qishn since the second half of the fifteenth century.

page 174 note 4 Terpstra, pp. 117–136. For these years, except where otherwise indicated, he is the authority for the account here given.

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