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The final entry in the “Discovering Asia” series on the early travel narratives in the collection of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia— |
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Discovering j***an |
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THE EARLY PERIOD: SOME CRUCIAL DATES |
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1543: The First Portuguese Black s***ps |
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“A Portuguese Nanban carrack, 17th century.” (Wikipedia} |
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The large Portuguese carracks had their hulls painted black with pitch, and the term “black s***ps” came to represent all western vessels. |
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1549: St Francis Xavier Arrives in Kyushu |
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1609: the Dutch Arrive; 1613: the English Follow |
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1637: East-West Relations Deteriorate |
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1639: The Shogun Tokugawa Closes j***an |
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THE EARLY PERIOD: SOME INTERESTING BOOKS |
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An Early Account of Portuguese Jesuit Missions |
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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes (3) |
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Pinto in Asia: Facilitator or Adventurer? |
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The voyages and adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, the Portuguese |
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Pinto in j***an |
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A Portuguese Jesuit Missionary & Linguist: |
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João Rodrigues in j***an, 1576-1610 |
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João Rodrigues's account of sixteenth-century j***an |
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The j***anese “Boys’ Delegation to the West”: 1582-1586 |
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Relationi della venuta degli ambasciatori Giaponesi a Roma sino alla part**i di Lisbona |
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j***anese travellers in sixteenth-century Europe |
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The First Englishman Arrives: William Adams in j***an, 1600-1620 |
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Memorials of the Empire of j***on in the XVI and XVII centuries |
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The voyage of Captain John Saris to j***an, 1613 |
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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes. (2) |
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Diary of Richard c****s |
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The Last European Witness? François Caron Sees the Closing of j***an |
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A true description of the mighty Kingdoms of j***an and Siam |
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Relations de divers voyages curieux... |
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FROM 1639 j***AN WAS CLOSED TO THE WEST |
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This post was researched and created by Kathy Boyes (2) |
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East INDIES: companies AND CONFLICT |
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“The Hollanders will doe no right, nor take no wrong” |
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DRIVING THE ENEMY OUT OF THE MOLUCCAS: VERHOEFF |
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“By the time Verhoeff’s fleet sailed for home, the Dutch had built new forts on Banda and Amboina and had left only the stronghold on Tidore in Spanish hands.” |
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Verhoeff: Early Texts |
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1612-1613 |
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Indiae Orientalis pars IX |
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1625 (2) |
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“Chap. 15. The Hollanders will doe no right, nor take no wrong” |
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Companies at Loggerheads |
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1619: Coen Takes Over For The VOC |
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Victims of Greed: The Poor Little Bandas |
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Courthope and the Fate of Run Island (“Poolaroone”) |
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Courthope: Early Texts |
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A Fateful Year for the Bandas: 1621 |
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The VOC Controls the Nutmeg & Mace Trade |
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COMPANIES, CONFLICT & CLOVES: The “Amboyna” Ma***acre, 1623 |
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A Collection of voyages and travels, |
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What was the fate of the clove trade? |
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Empire of the VOC |
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By the end of the 17th century the Dutch East India Company was the richest private company in the world, with over 150 merchant s***ps, 40 wars***ps, 50,000 employees, a private army of 10,000 soldiers, and an enormous dividend payment on the original investment. The quest for spices had resulted in the creation of a mercantile empire. |
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East Indies: 17th & 18th Century Travel Narratives |
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1690-1691 |
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A new voyage to the East-Indies in the years 1690 and 1691 |
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1724 |
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Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën |
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1774-1776 |
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A voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas |
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1776 |
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Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée |
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1776 & 1779 |
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A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. |
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1784 |
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The history of Sumatra |
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1781 |
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An account of a voyage to the Spice-Islands, and New Guinea |
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East Indies: Travel Narratives 1801-1850 |
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1812 |
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Sketches, civil and military, of the island of Java and its immediate dependencies |
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1817 |
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The history of Java |
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1824 |
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Description géographique, historique et commerciale de Java et des autres îles de l'Archipel indien, |
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1825-1826 |
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Voyages of the Dutch brig of war Dourga |
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1830 |
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Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c |
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1832-1834 |
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Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China |
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1839-1844 |
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Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen |
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1840 |
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Acheen, and the ports on the north and east coasts of Sumatra |
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1844 |
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Antiquarian, architectural, and landscape illustrations of the history of Java, |
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1842-1846 |
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Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly |
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1843-1846 ( (2) |
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Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, |
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Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang |
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1846 |
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Vues de Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes |
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1848 (2) |
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Narrative of events in Borneo and Celebes |
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Borneo and the Indian Archipelago |
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2011: |
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From Machu Picchu to Darkest Africa: The Unexplored Delights of the Historical Travel Books of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia; The Sad Case of Theodore Vogel, 1812-1841 |
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2012: |
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Monsters of the Deep & Men Who Go Down to the Sea |
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Poissons d'avril |
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The British Raj in India |
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The Transit Of Venus 1769 & The Great Southern Land |
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Here Be Dragons - Well, Lizards |
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Happy Birthday Julia Child (RGGSA Books on Food & Cookery) |
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From Russia With Love |
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Gallant 600: The Charge of the Light Brigade & The Crimea at RGSSA |
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Some Christmas Treats |
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2013: |
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Unique Atlas: The World in 1856 |
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Afghanistan & the British Raj (1) |
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Robert Schomburgk & The Flower of the Empire |
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Vale Kevin Griffin |
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Afghanistan & the British Raj (2): The First "Afghan War" |
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Afghanistan & the British Raj (3): The Second "Afghan War" & its Aftermath |
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2014: |
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Stuck in the Ice |
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April: Notable Dates & Books - Drake, Hakluyt, Culloden |
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Edward William Lane, An Unprejudiced Man |
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Let's go back to Rio! |