Amboina, 1623 : fear and conspiracy on the edge of empire /

"In 1623, a Japanese mercenary called Shichizō was arrested for asking suspicious questions about a Dutch East India Company castle on Amboina, a remote set of islands in what is now eastern Indonesia. He was tortured until he confessed that he had joined a plot orchestrated by a group of Engl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clulow, Adam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie > History > 17th century.
East India Company > History > 17th century.
East India Company.
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
1600-1699
Trials (Conspiracy) > Indonesia > Ambon Island.
Procès (Complot) > Indonésie > Ambon (Île)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Imperialism.
Diplomatic relations.
Trials (Conspiracy)
Ambon Island (Indonesia) > History > 17th century.
Netherlands > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Netherlands.
Ambon (Indonésie : Île) > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Pays-Bas > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Pays-Bas.
Great Britain.
Indonesia > Ambon Island.
Netherlands.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Company and the colony
  • With treaty or with violence
  • "We cannot exist without slaves"
  • Dangerous and difficult to govern
  • The English serpent
  • The trial
  • The war of the witnesses
  • The long aftermath in Europe and Asia
  • Epilogue : the fearful empire.

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