The Archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Local Institutions in Batavia (Jakarta): Arsip-Arsip Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) ... de Locale Instellingen te Batavia (Jakarta)

Balk, Louisa; Van Dijk, Frans; Kortlang, Diederick; Gaastra, Femme; Niemeijer, Hendrik; Koenders, Pieter

ISBN 10: 9004163654 ISBN 13: 9789004163652

Publisher: Brill, 2007

Synopsis

The VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the Dutch East India Company) was the largest of the early modern European trading companies operating in Asia. Its operations produced not only warehouses packed with spices, coffee, tea, textiles, porcelain and silk, but also shiploads of documents. Data on political, economic, cultural, religious, and social conditions spread over an enormous area circulated between the VOC establishments, the administrative centre of the trade in Batavia, now the city of Jakarta, and the Board of Directors in the Netherlands. The co-operation between the National Archives of Indonesia and the Netherlands resulted in this extensive catalogue of fifteen archives of VOC institutions in Jakarta. The VOC records are included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9004163654
• ISBN 13: 9789004163652
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 576