Abstract
Journal, Memorials and Letters of Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge. Security, Diplomacy and Commerce in 17th-Century Southeast Asia, edited by Peter Borschberg
Highlights
The corpus of sources included in this volume comprises letters written by Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge, memorials, and reports concerning the company’s operations, as well as apocryphal texts such as journals of his voyages
Aside from Matelieff’s own writings, the book contains several treaties celebrated between the voc and Southeast Asian polities during Matelieff’s wanderings across the Eastern Indian Ocean
As the editor elucidates in the introduction, part of the epistolary correspondence had been published on previous occasions
Summary
The main purpose of this edited compilation’s is precisely to flesh out Matelieff de Jonge’s vision regarding Dutch trade, settlement, and war waging in Asia and show how his views were received by the political elites and within the commercial circles. The corpus of sources included in this volume comprises letters written by Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge (to figures such as the land’s advocate, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, or Hugo Grotius), memorials, and reports concerning the company’s operations, as well as apocryphal texts such as journals of his voyages.
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