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Commanders of Dutch East India Ships in the Eighteenth Century.
Includes material on the nature of the voyages undertaken by the Dutch East India Company's ships to what is now Indonesia, on the importance of the trade, on how commanders' careers developed, and on how fortunes were made. 'An original and evocative window onto the lives of men who...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell & amp; Brewer,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE TO TE ENGLISH EDITION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Part One. Commanders at Home Ashore; Introduction to Part One; 1 Enkhuizen; 2 Hoorn; 3 Middelburg; 4 Delft; 5 Rotterdam; 6 Amsterdam; 7 Commanders from Outside the Six Chamber Towns; 8 Naval Officers Employed by the Company; Part Two. Commanders at Sea; Introduction to Part Two; 9 Appointment as Commander; 10 Examinations, Ranks and Training; 11 Normal Income; 12 Private Income; 13 On Board; 14 Their Ships; 15 Striking Differences in Personalities.
- 16 Professionals in a Conservative Company17 The English East India Company and Other Companies: Dutch Commanders in a Broader Perspective; CONCLUSION: Commanders in Retrospect; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SHIP NAMES; Backcover.