Genesis and Nemesis of the First Dutch Colonial Empire in Asia and South Africa, 1596-1811

by Gerrit J. Knaap

Based upon a sweeping command of Dutch East India Company (VOC) primary sources, Knaap's manuscript offers a thought-provoking thematic examination and chronological survey of the Dutch Republic's overseas and colonial expansion in Asia and South Africa, mainly through the VOC and its successors, the Batavian Republic, the Kingdom of Holland and Franco-Dutch Java, over a period of more than two centuries, 1596-1811. It elucidates and deals with several...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004527990
• ISBN13: 9789004527997
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 514 Pages