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Huber, Philipp (2023)

Guns for the King: Dutch-Siamese Firearms Transfers, 1656-1709

Research master thesis | History (research) (MA)

This thesis concerns the transfer of firearms technology from the Dutch East India Company to Siam at the end of the seventeenth century. It shows that the transfer of both weapons and of experts with skills related to firearms were organised through diplomatic exchange and gift giving. Changes in this transfer were mainly shaped by the Siamese, although they were unable to force the Dutch to fulfill all their wishes.

Arms Trade

Ayutthaya

Siam

VOC

Firearms

Technology Transfer

Gift Giving

Author

Huber, Philipp

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Colonial and Global History

Supervisors

Gommans, J. J. L.
Mostert, T.

ECTS Credits

30

Language

en