Having been ordered by the Matsudaira clan to assist him in destroying the Christian rebels, led by Amakusa Shirō at Shimabara, Coeckebacker bombarded the insurgents during a fortnight in their stronghold in Hara Castle from his ship De Rijp, starting the 24th of February 1638.
Nicolaes Witsen | The painting, ''Travellers attacked by brigands'' by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem | Nicolaes Tulp | Nicolaes Geelvinck |