Shaping a Dutch East Indies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004524989)

In 1724-1726, the Dutch clergyman François Valentyn published a 5,000-page account of the Dutch East India Company's empire. It was the first and, for a long time, the only survey of the Dutch establishments in Asia and South Africa. Shaping a Dutch East Indies analyses how Valentyn composed this work and how it largely determined the Dutch perspective on the colonies in Asia until the 1850s. It seeks to highlight both the great diversity of knowledge gathered in Valentyn's book and its geographical spread, from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan, with a focus on the Indonesian archipelago. Huigen's book is the first in-depth study of Valentyn's work, which is a foundational text in the history of Dutch colonialism.

Author: Siegfried Huigen
ISBN-10: 9004524983
ISBN-13: 9789004524989
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 04/13/2023
Pages: 378
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.88d