Shaping a Dutch East Indies: François Valentyn's VOC empire

"In 1724-1726, the Dutch clergyman François Valentyn published a 5,000-page account of the Dutch East India Company's empire. It was the first and, for a long time, the only survey of the Dutch establishments in Asia and South Africa. Shaping a Dutch East Indies analyses how Valentyn compo...

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Main Author: Huigen, Siegfried 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2023]
Series:Verhandelingen van het koninklijk instituut voor taal-, land- en volkenkunde volume 315
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Summary:"In 1724-1726, the Dutch clergyman François Valentyn published a 5,000-page account of the Dutch East India Company's empire. It was the first and, for a long time, the only survey of the Dutch establishments in Asia and South Africa. Shaping a Dutch East Indies analyses how Valentyn composed this work and how it largely determined the Dutch perspective on the colonies in Asia until the 1850s. It seeks to highlight both the great diversity of knowledge gathered in Valentyn's book and its geographical spread, from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan, with a focus on the Indonesian archipelago. Huigen's book is the first in-depth study of Valentyn's work, which is a foundational text in the history of Dutch colonialism."
Item Description:VOC = Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie
Physical Description:xv, 362 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 25 cm
ISBN:9789004524989

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