Aan de hand van de Generale Missiven geeft de scriptie een beeld bij de beweegredenen van de Hoge Regering bij hun militaire ingrijpen in Makassar en Bantam eind zeventiende eeuw. De scriptie...Show moreAan de hand van de Generale Missiven geeft de scriptie een beeld bij de beweegredenen van de Hoge Regering bij hun militaire ingrijpen in Makassar en Bantam eind zeventiende eeuw. De scriptie concludeert dat de interventies geen onderdeel van een vooropgestelde strategie waren, maar ongepland waren. De veroveringen waren reluctant imperialism als gevolg van het beleid uit de jaren 1620.Show less
Glas was in de vroegmoderne tijd een populair voorwerp in Europa. Het heeft bijgedragen aan de wetenschappelijke revolutie en de renaissance. Glas werd ook veel gebruikt als exportproduct naar Azië...Show moreGlas was in de vroegmoderne tijd een populair voorwerp in Europa. Het heeft bijgedragen aan de wetenschappelijke revolutie en de renaissance. Glas werd ook veel gebruikt als exportproduct naar Azië. Waar ging het dan naar toe? En was het in Azië ook een gewild product? In deze scriptie zoek ik naar antwoorden op deze vragen.Show less
What made the collaboration between the Chinese and the Europeans in the early colonial Maluku Islands different from the well-known cases in Manila and in Batavia? I think the answer lies in the...Show moreWhat made the collaboration between the Chinese and the Europeans in the early colonial Maluku Islands different from the well-known cases in Manila and in Batavia? I think the answer lies in the nature of Dutch policy in Maluku, monopoly, and the character of Chinese trade in Maluku, arbitrage, as well as their special relationship: strange monopoly vis-à-vis elusive arbitrage. By reading both Dutch and Chinese sources, I argue that, before Coen became the Governor-General of the VOC in 1618, Chinese traders, like many other Asian traders, made arbitrage between different counterparties in the world of Maluku, such as the Dutch, the Spaniards, and the local rulers, because their rivalry distorted commodities prices in local and global markets. After Coen became the Governor-General, he initially tried to expel all of Asian traders from the Maluku Islands, but, as this policy turned out to be impractical, he chose to leave the Chinese as “regulated arbitrageurs” to replace other “unregulated arbitrageurs” in order to maintain his strange monopoly policy.Show less
Van zowel de Engelsen als de Nederlanders kan vermoed worden dat zij hebben geprobeerd de Japanse Tokugawa-regering te beïnvloeden om hun Portugese concurrenten te verbannen. De reden die achter...Show moreVan zowel de Engelsen als de Nederlanders kan vermoed worden dat zij hebben geprobeerd de Japanse Tokugawa-regering te beïnvloeden om hun Portugese concurrenten te verbannen. De reden die achter deze verbanning ligt heeft echter niet zoveel te maken met de Engelsen of de Nederlanders, maar heeft meer te maken met de interne Japanse politiek.Show less
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This essay examens the possibility that Pieter van den Broecke aimed for a better or maybe even new career with the publication of his Aenteyckeninghe in 1634, a publication of the travel journal...Show moreThis essay examens the possibility that Pieter van den Broecke aimed for a better or maybe even new career with the publication of his Aenteyckeninghe in 1634, a publication of the travel journal for the East Indian Company, a so-called career strategy. This is done by using a variety of theories about self-fashioning.Show less
Dit werkstuk kijkt naar de politiek-commerciële relaties van Indische heersers en handelaren met de VOC in 17e eeuws zuid en centraal Coromandel. Er word hierbij onder andere gekeken naar de...Show moreDit werkstuk kijkt naar de politiek-commerciële relaties van Indische heersers en handelaren met de VOC in 17e eeuws zuid en centraal Coromandel. Er word hierbij onder andere gekeken naar de redenen tot samenwerking en de machtsverhouding in de relaties. De belangrijkste handelspartners van de VOC, Achyutappa en Chinanna, dienen als casestudy. Het onderzoek toont aan dat de relatie tussen de VOC en de handelaren na verloop van tijd veranderd van een individuele samenwerking naar een institutionele samenwerking. Maar de handelaren behielden hun onafhankelijkheid tegenover de VOC, wat duidelijk naar voren komt uit de carrières van Achyutappa en Chinanna. De relatie met de heersers veranderde ook gedurende de periode. De VOC was nauwelijks in staat haar handelsposten te verdedigen zonder de gunst van de vorst. Na verloop van tijd kon de VOC meer privileges afdwingen door middel van geweld, hoewel enkel als de vorst andere militaire problemen had. Geld lijkt de belangrijkste reden voor samenwerking voor zowel handelaren als heersers, en de VOC wist nooit dominant te worden in de regionale politiek of handel.Show less
This paper discusses the transfer of the Dutch factory from Hirado to Nagasaki in 1641 and the specific circumstances leading up to it. The research question is then: what did the VOC personnel...Show moreThis paper discusses the transfer of the Dutch factory from Hirado to Nagasaki in 1641 and the specific circumstances leading up to it. The research question is then: what did the VOC personnel think about the political circumstances surrounding the relocation of the Dutch Factory from Hirado to Nagasaki; what did they believe was going on and how did these beliefs correspond with what the secondary literature on Japan says happened during this time? To answer this question primary sources written by the Dutch chiefs of the factory (Dagregisters gehouden bij de opperhoofden van de Nederlandse Factorij in Japan) are compared with the general consensus of these events as seen in contemporary secondary literature.Show less
This account details the 17th century career of Jacques Cailhaut de La Tesserie in the service of the Dutch Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. The writer hoped to convince his reader to procure for...Show moreThis account details the 17th century career of Jacques Cailhaut de La Tesserie in the service of the Dutch Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. The writer hoped to convince his reader to procure for him a position in the new Compagnie française des Indes orientales. From this account, as well as sources in the colonial archives of France, Canada and the Netherlands, a picture can be formed of de La Tesserie as an all-round colonial careerist straddling early modern boundaries. In the span of thirty years he served in such far-flung places as the jungles of Formosa, the empire of Japan, the trading hub of Batavia, the coasts of Persia and India, the Canadian Shield and the Hudson and St. Lawrence river valleys. During this time he fought the Spanish, Chinese and Iroquois, participated in trading ventures across the Chinese Sea and Indian Oceans, was an associate of a pelt-trading consortium in northern Canada and member of the highest governmental organ of French North America, even serving shortly as its governor-general. It is the aim of this paper to bring into focus which factors were present in the decision-making process of de La Tesserie, and to what extent they were significant. To answer the question posed, this work will retell the three distinct phases through which the life of de La Tesserie ran. During each of these phases he attempted to carry through, a choice which would radically alter his life. The first is de La Tesserie joining the VOC, the second is him exchanging the VOC for the colony of Nouvelle- France, and the third is his attempt to join the CFIO. Every choice has been divided into three further parts, each detailing the background in which the choice was made, which factors might have contributed to it, and how the decision eventually played out. Thus a picture is painted of how a young man from France ended up in Canada, with a detour through the Far East.Show less
What is war to whom? The troops roaming on Java in the late seventeenth century were of all shapes and colours. Some came from Sulawesi, some from Madura; some were religious others acquisitive....Show moreWhat is war to whom? The troops roaming on Java in the late seventeenth century were of all shapes and colours. Some came from Sulawesi, some from Madura; some were religious others acquisitive. Usually they operated in small units known as war-bands led by a warlord. Despite the differences between these war-bands, many of them did gather and fight under a single banner. Often they hurdled behind overlords -sunans or sultans- who were in need for additional brawn; a competitive market of martial supply and demand resulted. The king with the most men usually won. Even the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was part of this market and relied on indigenous patrol. In 1677, the Company decided to support the Central Javanese realm called Mataram and thus landed in a diplomatic struggle for troops. This thesis wonders how VOC men reported on these warriors and what clues are given of a Javanese military labour market at odds with the European one. The Dutch commanders would soon find out drawing in allies was as important as winning battles; the extent to which they could enter the networks of warlords and rulers thereby determined much of their victory. This thesis tells how far they did in the two chaotic and bloody years of 1677 and 1678.Show less
The thesis examines the attempt of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to establish a trading post on the mainland of China from 1660 to 1690. It tries to explain the reasons why the Dutch suspended...Show moreThe thesis examines the attempt of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to establish a trading post on the mainland of China from 1660 to 1690. It tries to explain the reasons why the Dutch suspended their direct trade in 1690 to rely on foreign shipping, mainly carried out by Chinese junks. It considers political, economical and cultural impacts as well as the Dutch and Chinese/Manchu mentalities.Show less
In the Dutch East Indian period there was a lot of maritime activity in the Netherlands. Ships were built at the shipyards. These ships arrived and departed in the harbors and their cargo was...Show moreIn the Dutch East Indian period there was a lot of maritime activity in the Netherlands. Ships were built at the shipyards. These ships arrived and departed in the harbors and their cargo was collected and spread in the Netherlands. Nowadays we find a lot of maritime traces of that time. Not only in the cities which had a lot of maritime activity, but also in archaeological records. Only in the province Flevoland over 400 shipwrecks are known. Shipwrecks are timecapsules and they keep a lot of information secret. With archaeological research we try to understand the moment in past that was frozen in the particular shipwreck. What happened to the ship and why it’s a shipwreck? In this paper we zoom in at a shipwreck in the soil of Lelystad. In the past there were a couple of explorations and excavations. In the archives of the Cultural Heritage Agency the documentation is stored. Some researchers are of the opinion this shipwreck is a ship from the Dutch East India Company. With use of the archived documentation it is tried to get a more detailed view of this ship.Show less
