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Battles, trade in waters off 17th century Singapore
This is the fourth of six weekly articles covering the Singapore History Series - Seven Centuries In Six Episodes, organised as part of the SkillsFuture Festival in collaboration with the Singapore Bicentennial Office.
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Melody Zaccheus
The harbour master of 17th century Singapore could have been using a China-made cast iron wok for his mee goreng.
To keep insects and rain out of his wooden hut, he also could have had glass panels, which the Dutch were selling, installed in his windows. He could have had a Dutch-made mirror for grooming himself as well.
