Figures, places, and events in Acehnese history associated with the year 1600.
People
- Paulus van Caerden
- Pieter Both
- Cornelis van Heemskerck
- Jacob Wilkens
- Frederik de Houtman
- Sultan Aloeddin of Atjeh
Places
Events
- Pigskin parchment letter incident at Atjeh (1600)
- The escape of the De Moucheron expedition’s ships from Atjeh to Pedir, where they beat off an Atjehnese naval attack
- Van Caerden’s reckless conduct at Atjeh, which made “den Hollandschen naam in den Archipel gehaat”
Sources
Tijdens de O.I. Compagnie, by Dr. E. C. Godee Molsbergen, Oud-Hoogleeraar, Landsarchivaris te Batavia (Amsterdam: N.V. Swets & Zeitlinger Boekhandel en Uitgevers Mij., 1932), chapter XXXII (“Het Kasteel van Verre. De brief op varkensvel in Atjeh”), pp. 114–118 of the numbered-letter sequence.