1st Edition
Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters The Development of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Shipping Network in Asia 1595-1660
By Robert Parthesius
Copyright 2010
218 Pages
by
Routledge
The end of the 16th century saw Dutch expansion in Asia, as The Dutch East India Company (the VOC) was fast becoming an Asian power, both political and economic. By 1669, the VOC was the richest private company the world had ever seen. This landmark study looks at perhaps the most important tool in the Company’ trading - its ships. In order to reconstruct the complete shipping activities of the... Read more
Foreword, 1. Introduction, 2. The database and methodology, 3. The Dutch expansion in Asia up to 1660, 4. Connecting the Asian regions: The trading and shipping network in operation after 1620, 5. The development of the VOC fleet, 6. The shipping and logistics in operation, 7. Knitting all the threads together: the logistics of the network, 8. An analysis of the development of VOC shipping in Asia until 1660, 9. Fleets per region, 10. Conclusions, 164 Notes, References, List of vessels in service during the period 1596-1660, Index
Biography
Robert Parthesius is a naval historian and director of the Centre for International Heritage Activities in Leiden.
