Amboina 1623
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Amboina 1623
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Author : Adam Clulow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Amboina 1623 written by Adam Clulow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
In 1623, a Japanese mercenary called Shichizō was arrested for asking suspicious questions about a Dutch East India Company castle on Amboina, a remote set of islands in what is now eastern Indonesia. He was tortured until he confessed that he had joined a plot orchestrated by a group of English merchants to seize control of the fortification and ultimately to rip the spice-rich islands from the Company's grasp. Two weeks later, Dutch authorities executed twenty-one alleged conspirators, sparking immediate outrage and a controversy that would endure for centuries to come. In this landmark study, Adam Clulow presents a new perspective on the Amboina case that aims to move beyond the debate over guilt or innocence. Amboina, 1623 argues that the case was driven forward by a potent combination of genuine crisis, imagined threat, and overpowering fear that propelled the rapid escalation from suspicion to torture, that gave shape and form to the sprawling plot, and that pushed it forward to a final bloody conclusion. Based on a detailed analysis of archival records, letters, and contemporary legal documents, this book is a masterful reinterpretation of a trial that has divided opinion for centuries. Amboina, 1623 offers new insights into one of the most famous cases in global history and the nature of European expansion across the early modern world.
Amboina 1623
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Author : Adam Clulow
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-27
Amboina 1623 written by Adam Clulow and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with History categories.
In 1623, a Japanese mercenary called Shichizō was arrested for asking suspicious questions about the defenses of a Dutch East India Company fort on Amboina, a remote set of islands in what is now eastern Indonesia. When he failed to provide an adequate explanation, he was tortured until he confessed that he had joined a plot orchestrated by a group of English merchants based nearby to seize control of the fortification and ultimately to rip the spice-rich islands from the Company’s grasp. Two weeks later, Dutch authorities executed twenty-one alleged conspirators, sparking immediate outrage and a controversy that would endure for centuries to come. In this landmark study, Adam Clulow presents a new perspective on the Amboina case that aims to move beyond the standard debate over the guilt or innocence of the supposed plotters. Instead, Amboina, 1623 argues that the case was driven forward by a potent combination of genuine crisis and overpowering fear that propelled the rapid escalation from suspicion to torture, that gave shape and form to an imagined plot, and that pushed events forward to their final bloody conclusion. Based on an exhaustive analysis of original trial documents, letters, and depositions, this book offers a masterful reinterpretation of a trial that has divided opinion for centuries while presenting new insight into global history and the nature of European expansion across the early modern world.
The Lost Samurai
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Author : Stephen Turnbull
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2021-03-23
The Lost Samurai written by Stephen Turnbull and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-23 with History categories.
“An inherently fascinating, impressively well written, exceptionally informative, and meticulously detailed history” of Japanese overseas mercenaries (Midwest Book Review). The Lost Samurai reveals the greatest untold story of Japan’s legendary warrior class, which is that for almost a hundred years Japanese samurai were employed as mercenaries in the service of the kings of Siam, Cambodia, Burma, Spain and Portugal, as well as by the directors of the Dutch East India Company. The Japanese samurai were used in dramatic assault parties, as royal bodyguards, as staunch garrisons and as willing executioners. As a result, a stereotypical image of the fierce Japanese warrior developed that had a profound influence on the way they were regarded by their employers. While the Southeast Asian kings tended to employ samurai on a long-term basis as palace guards, their European employers usually hired them on a temporary basis for specific campaigns. Also, whereas the Southeast Asian monarchs tended to trust their well-established units of Japanese mercenaries, the Europeans, while admiring them, also feared them. In every European example a progressive shift in attitude may be discerned from initial enthusiasm to great suspicion that the Japanese might one day turn against them, as illustrated by the long-standing Spanish fear of an invasion of the Philippines by Japan accompanied by a local uprising. During the 1630s, when Japan chose isolation rather than engagement with Southeast Asia, it left these fierce mercenaries stranded in distant countries never to return: lost samurai indeed!
The Origins Of The British Empire In Asia 1600 1750
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Author : David Veevers
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-11
The Origins Of The British Empire In Asia 1600 1750 written by David Veevers and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-11 with Business & Economics categories.
A revisionist interpretation of the origins of the British Empire in Asia from 1600 to 1750.
Ganges
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Author : Sudipta Sen
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-08
Ganges written by Sudipta Sen and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-08 with History categories.
A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world’s third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India’s most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities that arose on its banks to the merchants that navigated its waters, and the way it came to occupy center stage in the history and culture of the subcontinent. Sen begins his chronicle in prehistoric India, tracing the river’s first settlers, its myths of origin in the Hindu tradition, and its significance during the ascendancy of popular Buddhism. In the following centuries, Indian empires, Central Asian regimes, European merchants, the British Empire, and the Indian nation-state all shaped the identity and ecology of the river. Weaving together geography, environmental politics, and religious history, Sen offers in this lavishly illustrated volume a remarkable portrait of one of the world’s largest and most densely populated river basins.
The Spanish Experience In Taiwan 1626 1642
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Author : José Eugenio Borao Mateo
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2009-10-01
The Spanish Experience In Taiwan 1626 1642 written by José Eugenio Borao Mateo and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with History categories.
This book focuses in the Spanish presence in Taiwan during the years 1626-1642. It examines the motives which drove the Spaniards to come to Taiwan. There were two main reasons for the Spaniards to come to Taiwan from Manila; firstly, so that the civil authorities might counterbalance the Dutch expansion, which since 1625 had been threatening the traditional trade between Fujian and Manila; and secondly, to enable missionaries to find a staging post to enter Japan in moments of strong persecution, and to create an alternative entry point into China.
A General History Of Voyages And Travels To The End Of The 18th Century
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Author : Robert Kerr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1813
A General History Of Voyages And Travels To The End Of The 18th Century written by Robert Kerr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1813 with categories.
A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels
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Author : Robert Kerr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1813
A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels written by Robert Kerr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1813 with Explorers categories.
The New Cambridge Modern History Volume 4 The Decline Of Spain And The Thirty Years War 1609 48 49
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Author : J. P. Cooper
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1979-12-20
The New Cambridge Modern History Volume 4 The Decline Of Spain And The Thirty Years War 1609 48 49 written by J. P. Cooper and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-12-20 with History categories.
This volume examines the period of history which saw the decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War. Particular attention is paid to attitudes towards absolutism and the development of scientific ideas.
Genesis And Nemesis Of The First Dutch Colonial Empire In Asia And South Africa 1596 1811
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Author : Gerrit Knaap
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-12-28
Genesis And Nemesis Of The First Dutch Colonial Empire In Asia And South Africa 1596 1811 written by Gerrit Knaap and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-28 with Political Science categories.
This monograph offers a thought-provoking thematic examination and chronological survey of the early modern Dutch overseas colonial expansion and downfall in Asia and in South Africa, among other institutional frameworks through the VOC, stressing its colonial character rather than company and trade features.