Browse Letters

All the entries to the diplomatic letters are shown here chronologically. They are divided over a few hundred pages, all of which can be browsed. Please navigate and read through these pages by clicking on first, previous, next, or last, or by entering a page number. When you click on the archive reference item or icon of one of the entries, a new tab will open showing the scan of the folio that corresponds with the letter.

Inserted on Description Archive Reference
Dec. 31, 1636
Original Date: Nov. 28, 1636
Source: Ayutthaya
Destination: Batavia
Ruler: Phra Khlang
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 3, page 11-12 
Feb. 13, 1637
Source: Inderapura
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 41-41 
Feb. 17, 1637
Source: Banten
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 46-46 
Feb. 27, 1637
Source: Palembang
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 53-54 
Feb. 27, 1637
Source: Jambi
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 55-55 
Feb. 27, 1637
Source: Palembang
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 55-55 
Feb. 27, 1637
Source: Jambi
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 55-56 
Feb. 28, 1637
Source: Launggyet
Destination: Batavia
Ruler: Loskor Zuzil
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 60-60 
March 8, 1637
Source: Launggyet
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 72-72 
March 10, 1637
Original Date: Feb. 20, 1636
Source: London
Destination: Batavia
Notes: Translated from Latin
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 77-78 
March 14, 1637
Original Date: Nov. 17, 1636
Source: Golconda
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 92-92 
March 14, 1637
Original Date: Sep. 18, 1636
Source: Deccan Plateau
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 99-100 
March 14, 1637
Original Date: Sep. 16, 1636
Source: Mughal Empire
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 105-106 
March 28, 1637
Original Date: Mar. 22, 1637
Source: Banten
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 111-112 
April 3, 1637
Source: Banten
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 116-116 
April 4, 1637
Source: Pariaman
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 117-118 
April 9, 1637
Original Date: Apr. 28, 1637
Source: Banten
Destination: Batavia
Notes: The future date is a scribal error and probably the letter was written on the 28th of March instead.
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 124-127 
April 28, 1637
Original Date: Oct. 10, 1636
Source: Hirado
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 148-148 
April 28, 1637
Original Date: Oct. 17, 1636
Source: Nagasaki
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 149-149 
April 28, 1637
Original Date: Jan. 12, 1637
Source: Nagasaki
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 4, page 149-150