Luso-Sundanese padrão

[1] Because of the growing Islamic force in Demak and Cirebon, the Hindu King of Sunda, Sri Baduga, sought assistance from the Portuguese at Malacca.

He sent his son, Crown Prince Prabu Surawisesa, to Malacca in 1512 and again in 1521 to invite the Portuguese to sign a peace treaty, trade in pepper and build a fort at his main port of Sunda Kalapa.

The Portuguese were allowed to build a fortress at the mouth of the Ciliwung River, where they could load black pepper to their ships.

They did not return to the Java Sea until November 1526, when they arrived in six ships from Bintan under the command of Duarte Coelho and Francisco de Sá.

The upper part of the padrão shows an armillary sphere, a symbol of discovery used by King Manuel of Portugal.