In Jakarta's north, in the Sunda Kelapa area, is the Museum Bahari, the Maritime Museum. It's a nice place to spend a couple of hours, housed as it is in a series of fine old colonial warehouses.
It tells the story of Batavia and its maritime history, and lots more.
It's even got rooms full of sea monsters, mermaids, and other sea legends from around the world.
And here are a couple of 'English travellers', who passed through Batavia at some stage, looking very imperious.
It was largely spices that made the Dutch East Indies what they were. I particularly liked the spice room. It smelt terrific.
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