Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea: Conflict and Adaptation in Early Colonial Timor, 1600-1800

Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea: Conflict and Adaptation in Early Colonial Timor, 1600-1800
ISBN-10
9004253505
ISBN-13
9789004253506
Category
Social Science
Pages
496
Language
English
Published
2012-01-01
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Hans Hägerdal

Description

European traders and soldiers established a foothold on Timor in the course of the seventeenth century, motivated by the quest for the commercially vital sandalwood and the intense competition between the Dutch and the Portuguese. Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea focuses on two centuries of contacts between the indigenous polities on Timor and the early colonials, and covers the period 1600-1800.

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