UID:
almahu_9949701270302882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 367 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004215160
Series Statement:
Atlantic world: Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 ;
Content:
Recent studies on Dutch encounters with indigenous peoples in the Americas and West Africa have taken a narrow regional approach rather than a comparative Atlantic perspective. This book, based on Dutch archival records and primary and secondary sources in multiple languages, integrates indigenous peoples more fully in the Dutch Atlantic by examining the development of formal relations between the Dutch and non-Europeans in Brazil, the Gold Coast, West Central Africa, and New Netherland from the first Dutch overseas voyages in the 1590s until the dissolution of the West India Company in 1674. By taking an Atlantic perspective this study of Dutch-indigenous alliances shows that the support and cooperation of indigenous peoples was central to Dutch overseas expansion in the Atlantic.
Note:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- From 'Grand Design' to Bankruptcy: -- Establishing Alliances: -- An Effective but Fragile Alliance: -- Deferring Imperial Dreams: -- Cooperation and Conflict: -- 'The Disloyalty of the Inhabitants': -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Non-English Terms -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Brothers in Arms, Partners in Trade: Dutch-Indigenous Alliances in the Atlantic World, 1595-1674 Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2012, ISBN 9789004210837
Language:
English
