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Security, Trade and Society in Seventeenth-Century Southeast Asia
Borschbe Borschberg
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Description for Security, Trade and Society in Seventeenth-Century Southeast Asia
Paperback. Editor(s): Borschberg, Peter. Translator(s): Roy, Roopanjali. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 253 x 27. Weight in Grams: 902.
A native of Bruges (now part of Belgium), Jacques de Coutre was a gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia in the early 17th century. In addition to a substantial autobiography written in Spanish and preserved in the National Library of Spain in Madrid, he wrote a series of memorials to the united crown of Spain and Portugal that contain recommendations designed to remedy the decline in the fortunes of the Iberian powers in Southeast Asia, particularly against the backdrop of early Dutch political and commercial penetration into the region.
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A native of Bruges (now part of Belgium), Jacques de Coutre was a gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia in the early 17th century. In addition to a substantial autobiography written in Spanish and preserved in the National Library of Spain in Madrid, he wrote a series of memorials to the united crown of Spain and Portugal that contain recommendations designed to remedy the decline in the fortunes of the Iberian powers in Southeast Asia, particularly against the backdrop of early Dutch political and commercial penetration into the region.
Translated into English for the first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Singapore University Press Singapore
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971695286
SKU
V9789971695286
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About Borschbe Borschberg
Peter Borschberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore.
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