Format:
1 Online-Ressource (479 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789004253506
Series Statement:
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 273
Content:
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
Content:
Timor and historical research -- The first contacts -- Traditional forms of power -- Establishments and clashes, 1641-1658 -- The Topass phase, 1650s-1702 -- Kupang and the five loyal allies, 1658-1700s -- Life and death in Kupang -- The Estado strikes back, 1696-1732 -- The company on the move, 1732-1761 -- Colonial retreat and maintenance.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789067183789
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hägerdal, Hans Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea : Conflict and Adaptation in Early Colonial Timor, 1600-1800 Leiden : KITLV Press, [2012] ISBN 9789067183789
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1163/9789004253506
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