Zicht op de stad Batavia
B3. Batavia. Aerial view of the business quarters of batavia, capital city of java and the Netherlands Indies. Was founded in 1619 by the Dutchman jan Pieterszoon Coen on the banks of the river Tjiliwong
The various banks and business houses shown in the photo are in the district called Kali Besar. Area of Batavia is 500 acres; prewar population 560,000 Indonesians and 40,000 Europeans