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Leiden GR: Walburg Pers, 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In 1604 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) gained the monopoly of trade from the Dutch Republic with Asia and expanded to become the greatest shipping and trading company in the world during the 17th and 18th centuries. Through the trade in pepper and cinnamon and, later on, in products such as silk, tea and porcelain the VOC gave the Netherlands a period of unprecedented economic and cultural prosperity. In this richly illustrated authoritative standard work Femme Gaastra sheds light on all facets of this unique company. For example, why was so much political power granted to what began as a commercial enterprise? What management structure was chosen? How was the VOC financed, how were the ships built and how were the nearly 5,000 voyages to the East organised? Why did tens of thousands of Europeans choose voluntarily to work for the VOC and thus for journeys full of hardship and with…
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THE EAST INDIA COMPANY: EXPANSION AND DECLINE Hardcover - 2003
by Gaastra, Femme S. (translated by Peter Daniels)
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- Title THE EAST INDIA COMPANY: EXPANSION AND DECLINE
- Author Gaastra, Femme S. (translated by Peter Daniels)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First English La
- Publisher Walburg Pers, Zutphen
- Date 2003
- ISBN 9789057302411
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