Spirited Transactions. The Morals and Materialities of Trade Contacts between the Dutch, the British and the Malays (1596–1619)

Romain Bertrand (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

On June 22, 1596, a small Dutch fleet came to anchor in the bay of the city of Banten, on Java’s north coast. Placed under the command of Cornelis de Houtman and Gerrit van Beuningen, this privately-chartered commercial expedition comprised four vessels manned by some 249 crew members...

Mots clés: Europe; Malaysia; Java; 16th-17th centuries

Domaines: Science politique; Histoire

Romain Bertrand. Spirited Transactions. The Morals and Materialities of Trade Contacts between the Dutch, the British and the Malays (1596–1619). Goods from the East, 1600-1800: Trading Eurasia, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.45 - 60, 2015, 9781137403933. ⟨hal-03460124⟩