Table of Contents
List of Maps ix
Preface xi
Introduction: European Powers and the Asian Trade 3
I Paris, 1665: The Birth of a New Compagnie des Indes Orientates 12
II Surat, 1668: Initial Forays and Difficulties in the Asian Trade 32
III Paris, 1669: Shifting Priorities and the Escalating Anti-Dutch Campaign 49
IV London and Lisbon, 1670: Enemies or Allies in Europe and Asia? 66
V Surat, 1671: Advance and Indecision on the Eve of the Dutch War 89
VI Batavia and the Malabar Coast, 1672: Frustrated Alliances and a Frustrating Start to the Anti-Dutch Crusade 109
VII Paris, the Low Countries, and Trincomalee, 1672: Gloire in Europe, an Enigmatic Defeat on Ceylon 126
VIII The Coromandel Coast, Paris, and Flanders, 1673: Escalating Difficulties in Europe and Asia 147
IX Les Indes Orientales and Paris, 1674: Reconfirming Traditional Priorities in Europe: Establishing the Basis for the Postwar Trade in Asia 166
Epilogue, 1675-1683 186
Notes 193
Bibliography 227
Index 239