Amboina, 1623 : fear and conspiracy on the edge of empire / Adam Clulow.
Amboina, 1623 : fear and conspiracy on the edge of empire / Adam Clulow.
Amboina, 1623 : fear and conspiracy on the edge of empire / Adam Clulow.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/4346
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : the Company and the colony -- With treaty or with violence -- "We cannot exist without slaves" -- Dangerous and difficult to govern -- The English serpent -- The trial -- The war of the witnesses -- The long aftermath in Europe and Asia -- Epilogue : the fearful empire.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"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...
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Amboina, 1623 : fear and conspiracy on the edge of empire / Adam Clulow.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/4346
Record Identifier
74VKV5wjMzAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5wjMzAl
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ISBN
9780231175128 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0231175124 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
959.852
MMS ID
991024266014102626
