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Informationen zum Autor Robert Parthesius is a maritime historian and archaeologist, as well as director of the Centre for International Heritage Activities in Leiden and a lecturer in historical archaeology at the University of Leiden. Klappentext During the closing years of the sixteenth century, the Dutch East India Company fast became a political and economic force in Asia, en route to becoming the leading private company in the world by 1660. This definitive volume explores perhaps the most important tool in the company's trade: its ships. Robert Parthesius here reconstructs the complete shipping activities of the Company through a unique database that charts the movements of even previously ignored smaller vessels. Demonstrating that the wide range of types and sizes of vessels were indeed what gave the Company the ability to sail--and to continue its profitable trade--year after year, "Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters" combines the best of maritime history and archaeological research in order to change our understanding of the logistical dynamics behind one of the most important and successful businesses of this period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of contents - 6[-]Foreword - 10[-]1. Introduction - 12[-]2. The database and methodology - 16[-]3. The Dutch expansion in Asia up to 1660 - 32[-]4. Connecting the Asian regions: The trading and shipping network in operation after 1620 - 52[-]5. The development of the VOC fleet - 66[-]6. The shipping and logistics in operation - 96[-]7. Knitting all the threads together: the logistics of the network - 114[-]8. An analysis of the development of VOC shipping in Asia until 1660 - 126[-]9. Fleets per region - 146[-]10. Conclusions - 164[-]Notes - 174[-]References - 180[-]List of vessels in service during the period 1596-1660 - 190[-]Index - 212
