War, trade and piracy in the China Seas, 1622-1683 /

The fall of the Ming allowed Cheng Ch'eng-kung-alias Coxinga-and his sons to create a short-lived but independent seaborne regime in China's southeastern coastal provinces that competed fiercely, if only briefly, with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and English merchants during the early stages...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zheng, Weizhong, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2013.
Colección:TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 16.
Temas:
Zheng family.
Zheng family
1600-1799
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Commerce
China > Commerce > 17th century.
China > Commerce > 18th century.
China > History, Naval > 17th century.
China > History, Naval > 18th century.
Chine > Histoire navale > 17e siècle.
Chine > Histoire navale > 18e siècle.
China
Naval history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Missing Link
  • The tributary system challenged
  • Nicolas Iquan before 1627
  • The survival game of the mercenaries, 1628-1631
  • The establishment of the An-Hai trading emporium, 1630-1633
  • Stormy weather at the imperial court and on the south China coast, 1632-1633
  • The winding ways towards the western ocean
  • The risk of politics and the politics of risk, 1636-1640
  • In search of silver in a changing world, 1640-1646
  • The open coast of the Chinese empire, 1646-1650
  • Fukienese exceptionalism transformed into a political project, 1650-1654
  • The passions of a merchant prince, 1654-1657
  • From defeat to victory, 1658-1662
  • All acknowledged by the kings, 1663-1667
  • Monopoly lost, 1669-1683
  • Conclusion: defensive and aggressive monopolies.

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