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Lords of the land, lords of the sea : conflict and adaptation in early colonial Timor, 1600-1800 /
European traders and soldiers established a foothold on Timor in the course of the seventeenth century, motivated by the quest for the commercially vital sandalwood and the intense competition between the Dutch and the Portuguese. Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea focuses on two centuries of conta...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
KITLV Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
273. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | European traders and soldiers established a foothold on Timor in the course of the seventeenth century, motivated by the quest for the commercially vital sandalwood and the intense competition between the Dutch and the Portuguese. Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea focuses on two centuries of contacts between the Indigenous polities on Timor and the early colonials, and covers the period 1600-1800. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 479 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-461) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004253506 9004253505 |