1st Edition
Eclipsed Entrepôts of the Western Pacific Taiwan and Central Vietnam, 1500-1800
Edited By John E. Wills Jr.
Copyright 2002
414 Pages
by
Routledge
414 Pages
by
Routledge
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Among the great entrepots around the Pacific there were some which had such great advantages of location that for many centuries there always was a trade center somewhere in the vicinity. Others rose to prominence for a time when the political and economic conditions were right, but then were eclipsed and almost forgotten. In the 1600s Taiwan was a vortex of world trade and great power rivalry,... Read more
Contents: General editor's preface; Introduction; Taiwan as an entrepôt in East Asia in the 17th century, Ts'ao Yung-ho; The earliest Chinese eyewitness accounts of the Formosan Aborigines, Laurence G. Thompson; Retribution and remorse: the interaction between the administration and the Protestant mission in early colonial Formosa, Leonard Blussé; How and why the Dutch East India Company became competitive in Intra-Asian trade in East Asia in the 1630s, Paul A. Van Dyke; Political spectacle and colonial rule: the Landdag on Dutch Taiwan, 1629-1648, Tonio Andrade; Chinese settlers against the Dutch East India Company: the rebellion led by Kuo Huai-i on Taiwan in 1652, Johannes Huber; Vietnam and the monetary flow of Eastern Asia, 13th to 18th centuries, John K. Whitmore; Les Portugais sur les côtes du Viêtnam et du Campa: études sur les routes maritimes et les relations commerciales, d'après les sources Portugaises (XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe siècles). Chapter on 'La Cochinchine' and related material, Pierre-Yves Manguin; The Japanese Christians of Faifo and the transference of Fr. Pedro de Zúñiga’s relics to Manila in 1651, C.R. Boxer; Historical notes on Hôi-An (Faifo), Chingho A. Chen; Index.
Biography
John E. Wills Jr.
'... provide[s] a professional researcher with highly important data and insight into the complex trade development in the area. Historians will be grateful to the editor for bringing them together in a single volume.' Journal of Asian Business
