The value of Admiral Matelieff's writings for studying the history of Southeast Asia, c .1600–1620

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ID9083350
AuthorsPeter Borschberg (0000-0002-9986-7573, National University of Singapore, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume48
Issue3
Pages414-435
Publication date2017-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Southeast Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4634 • E-ISSN: 1474-0680
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002246341700056x
OpenAlexW2752589125
LanguageEN
References cited17

Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge (also Cornelis Cornelisz. Matelief) was a director of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and fleet commander of a voyage to the East Indies in 1605–08. On his return to the Dutch Republic in September 1608, he wrote a series of epistolary memorials, or ‘discourses’, in which he recommended sweeping reforms in the way in which the VOC conducted business in Asia. Not only did these recommendations serve as a blueprint for subsequent developments of the VOC during the early seventeenth century, the documents also made astute observations about the dynamics of trade, geopolitics, agency of the Asian rulers as well as political power on the Malay Peninsula, Java, Maluku and Borneo. This article problematises these primary sources and demonstrates how they can be profitably mined for the history of trade and diplomacy of early seventeenth century Southeast Asia

Agency (philosophy) · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Blueprint · China · Diplomacy · Diplomatic history · East Asia · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geopolitics · Great power · International relations · Peninsula · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Social science · Sociology · Southeast asia · Value (mathematics) · Asian Studies and History · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture

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