'Account of India and a history of the Mughal Empire'
Francisco Pelsaert
Date: Probably 1627
Original Language: Dutch
Description
The Dutch in Batavia (present-day Jakarta) considered the Dutch settlements in Arabia, Persia and India to be western settlements (Westerkwartieren) of the expanded VOC. In the mid-1620s, the central office in Batavia requested that reports be sent from these regions. Within this context, Pelsaert wrote his Remonstrantie, a report from Agra as the central locat…