Decay or defeat ? : an inquiry into the Portuguese decline in Asia 1580-1645
Veen, Ernst vanCitation
Veen, E. van. (2000, December 6). Decay or defeat ? : an inquiry into the Portuguese decline in Asia 1580-1645. Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), Leiden University. Retrieved from
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Fig. 8.1a - VOC voyages
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Fig. 8.1d - Carreira da India
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. 8.1e - VOC voyages
Average size and manning of ships leaving the Netherlands
Fig. 8.2: The North, Amboinese and South Moluccas. From: G.J. Knaap, Kruidnagelen en Christenen. De Verenigde
Oost-Indische Compagnie en de bevolking van Ambon 1656-1696 (Dordrecht 1987). Courtesy: KITLV Press