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The Janus face of the Dutch East Indies Company-representing a merchant on one side and a prince on the other-has long puzzled historians. How could a commercial enterprise, firmly rooted in a tradition of free trade, turn into a powerful monopolistic empire the moment its ships rounded the Cape of Good Hope? This book, based on Company archives and Malay historical material, offers a reconstruction of the VOC's double role in the complex world of eighteenth-century Malay court politics. It describes the successes and failures of the VOC's political trade system as practised in its tin trade in the Straits of Malacca from 1740 to 1800. Careful consideration is given to the Company's relations with the sultanates of Pelembang and Johore, and the position of the VOC with respect to its English and Chinese competitors. The author's main thesis is that the VOC's political mode of operation, far from being a deviation from its proper merchant's role, was an essential means to achieving success: trade privileges were 'bought' by rendering political support to indigenous princes. Contrary to popular opinion, however, the system was not based on forced deliveries, the merchant prince's iron hand. When this resulted in stable and friendly alliances gentle Janus's system could bear fruit, even in the difficult years of the late eighteenth century.

Diplomacy --- Dutch East-India Company --- Foreign trade --- Tin

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The growing interest in the history of Indonesia has made it desirable to have an English summary of the principal works of the Dutch historian Dr H.J. de Graaf, who in several books and articles published between 1935 and 1973 has given a description of the development of the Javanese kingdom of Mataram, based both on European and in digenous material. His works form a substantial contribution to the study of the national history of Indonesia. The Summary contains references to the paragraphs of the Dutch books and articles. This makes it easy for those readers who have a know ledge of Dutch to consult the original texts. The List of Sources for the study of Javanese history from 1500 to 1700 is composed of the lists in the summarized books and articles, and the Index of Names refers not only to the present Summary but also to the eight original texts. Many names of persons and localities in the Index have been provided with short explanatory notes and references to other lemmata as a quick way to give some provisional information on Javanese history.

Graaf, Hermanus Johannes de, --- Java (Indonesia) --- History. --- De Graaf, Hermanus Johannes, --- Graaf, H. J. de --- Indonesia --- Asian history --- indonesia --- Dutch East India Company --- East Java --- Java --- Javanese people --- Kingdom of Pajang --- Mataram Sultanate --- Sultan Agung of Mataram --- Surabaya

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Veel historici hebben er de laatste decennia op gewezen dat de gedachte van 350 jaar Nederlandse overheersing over Indonesië een mythe is. De verovering was een geleidelijk proces en pas na 1900 deed het koloniaal gezag zich in bijna alle uithoeken gelden. Het gebied dat echter nog het dichtste in de buurt van die 350 jaar komt, is het gewest Ambon, dat reeds in 1605 door de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) werd bezet. Het VOC-bestuur over Ambon is over het algemeen gekenschetst als een niets ontziende uitbuiting van de bevolking door middel van een met geweld afgedwongen monopolie in de kruidnagelhandel. Dit boek beoogt, op basis van literatuur en originele archiefstukken, na te gaan wat de interventie van de VOC in werkelijkheid betekende. De nadruk ligt daarbij op de tweede helft van de zeventiende eeuw, toen de kruitdampen waren opgetrokken en het gezag van de VOC stevig was gevestigd. Door een gedetailleerde reconstructie en analyse van de diverse terreinen van het maatschappelijk leven in socio-politiek, religieus, demografisch en economisch opzicht wordt een zo nauwkeurig mogelijk beeld geschetst van de invloed van de VOC. Niet alleen de kruidnagelen waren voor de VOC belangrijk; ook de godsdienst, de herendiensten en een ordelijk bestuur hadden de aandacht. De rol van de kruidnagel en het monopolie wordt niet, zoals in veel eerdere literatuur, in het perspectief van een markteconomie behandeld, maar in dat van een op zelfvoorziening gerichte economische orde. Dit boek is niet alleen van belang voor de kennis van de relatie Ambon-VOC, maar gaat ook uitgebreid in op de interne structuur en ontwikkelingsgang van de Ambonse samenleving.

Kolonialismus. --- Kruidnagelen. --- Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. --- Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie --- Vereinigte Ostindische Kompanie. --- History --- Ambon (Indonesia) --- Ambon. --- Netherlands --- Commerce --- Economic conditions. --- commerce --- Dutch East-India Company --- economic history --- Trade --- Traffic (Commerce) --- Economics --- Business --- Merchants --- Transportation --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic

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Al voordat Nederland een koninkrijk werd, waren de lage landen meer dan tweehonderd jaar militair actief in Azië, Afrika en Amerika. De soldaten en zeelui streden in de Oost en de West tegen Europese concurrenten en tegen inheemse tegenstanders. Dit monumentale werk beschrijft de complexe activiteiten van de krijgsmacht in de overzeese gebieden. Na het boek over de Tachtigjarige Oorlog, dat al snel werd herdrukt en nu al geldt als een standaardwerk, is dit het tweede deel in de reeks 'Militaire Geschiedenis van Nederland' Militair optreden van Nederlandse soldaten in de periode 1590 tot 1814 in de koloniën in Azië, Zuid-Afrika, West-Afrika en Amerika.

History of the Netherlands --- World history --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- History of the Netherlands. --- World history. --- 15.70 history of Europe. --- Oorlogvoering. --- Overzeese gebiedsdelen. --- Dutch Republic. --- Dutch East India Company. --- The Netherlands. --- Wars. --- Colonialism. --- Colonial history. --- Military history. --- History. --- Anno 1700-1799. --- Anno 1800-1899. --- Anno 1600-1699. --- Anno 1500-1599. --- Nederland.

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"Ships, soldiers, missionaries and settlers drove the process of European expansion from the 16th to the 19th centuries. In doing so, they set in motion the circulation of images, manuscripts and books between different continents. ... This book explores the extent to which the types of written information that resulted during colonial expansion shaped the numerous and complex processes of cultural exchange from the 16th century onwards"--Back cover.

Written communication --- Communication and culture --- Cultural relations --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- History --- Africa --- America --- Colonization --- Cultural exchange --- Intercultural relations --- Culture and communication --- Written discourse --- Written language --- Americas --- New World --- Intellectual cooperation --- International relations --- Culture --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Western Hemisphere --- Eastern Hemisphere --- written culture --- colonial expansion --- 16th to 19th centuries --- missionaries --- settlers --- cultural exchange --- analphabetical cultures --- Dutch East India Company --- Khoikhoi