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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781532003321

Autore

Meuwese Mark

Titolo

Brothers in arms, partners in trade [[electronic resource] ] : Dutch-Indigenous alliances in the Atlantic world, 1595-1674 / / by Mark Meuwese

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012

ISBN

1-283-33472-0

9786613334725

90-04-21516-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

Atlantic world: Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 ; v. 23

Disciplina

382.09492/01821

Soggetti

Dutch - History - 17th century

Indigenous peoples - America - History - 17th century

Indigenous peoples - Africa, West - History - 17th century

Netherlands Commerce America History 17th century

America Commerce Netherlands History 17th century

Netherlands Commerce Africa, West History 17th century

Africa, West Commerce Netherlands History 17th century

America Ethnic relations History 17th century

Africa, West Ethnic relations History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- From ‘Grand Design’ to Bankruptcy: -- Establishing Alliances: -- An Effective but Fragile Alliance: -- Deferring Imperial Dreams: -- Cooperation and Conflict: -- ‘The Disloyalty of the Inhabitants’: -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Non-English Terms -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Recent studies on Dutch encounters with indigenous peoples in the Americas and West Africa have taken a narrow regional approach rather than a comparative Atlantic perspective. This book, based on Dutch archival records and primary and secondary sources in multiple languages, integrates indigenous peoples more fully in the Dutch Atlantic by examining the development of formal relations between the



Dutch and non-Europeans in Brazil, the Gold Coast, West Central Africa, and New Netherland from the first Dutch overseas voyages in the 1590's until the dissolution of the West India Company in 1674. By taking an Atlantic perspective this study of Dutch-indigenous alliances shows that the support and cooperation of indigenous peoples was central to Dutch overseas expansion in the Atlantic.