Compared with tea, silk or porcelain, timber has been discussed by much fewer scholars as a particular commodity of the modern time. The current historiography does not show the development of the...Show moreCompared with tea, silk or porcelain, timber has been discussed by much fewer scholars as a particular commodity of the modern time. The current historiography does not show the development of the indigenous economic network and the intra-continental market for timber trade. Hence in this work, I will provide a detailed complement, demonstrating how timber trade in the South China Sea area evolved after the arrival of the European merchants and became a substantial part of the entire mercantile activities of the VOC (the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, or Dutch East India Company).Show less
