Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries: volume III Homeward-bound voyages from Asia and the Cape to the Netherlands (1597-1795)

This book presents tables which give a virtually complete survey of the direct ship­ ping between the Netherlands and Asia between 1595-1795. This period contains, first, the voyages of the so-called Voorcompagnieen and, then, those for and under control of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC). The survey ends in 1795. That year saw an end of the regular sailings of the VOC between the Netherlands and Asia, since, following the Batavian revolution in January, the Netherlands be­ came ...