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100			_aHuigen, Siegfried _9752231
245			_aShaping a dutch East Indies : _bFrançois valentyn's voc empire
260			_aLeiden : _bBrill, _c2023.
300			_axv, 362p.
520			_aIn 1724-1726, the Dutch clergyman François Valentyn published a 5,000-page account of the Dutch East India Company’s empire. It was the first and, for a long time, the only survey of the Dutch establishments in Asia and South Africa. Shaping a Dutch East Indies analyses how Valentyn composed this work and how it largely determined the Dutch perspective on the colonies in Asia until the 1850s. It seeks to highlight both the great diversity of knowledge gathered in Valentyn’s book and its geographical spread, from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan, with a focus on the Indonesian archipelago. Huigen’s book is the first in-depth study of Valentyn’s work, which is a foundational text in the history of Dutch colonialism.
650			_aNetherlands -- Colonies -- Indonesia -- Historiography _9811199
650			_aHistoriography
650			_aNetherlands -- Colonies -- Historiography -- Indonesia _9811200
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