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7. ‘Great help from Japan’
The Dutch East India Company’s experiment with Japanese soldiers
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 8
- List of Illustrations 9
- Acknowledgements 11
- Introduction The Companies in Asia 13
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Part 1 Diplomacy
- 1. Scramble for the spices 25
- 2. Diplomacy in a provincial setting 55
- 3. Contacting Japan 79
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Part 2 Trade
- 4. Surat and Bombay 101
- 5. The English and Dutch East India Companies and Indian merchants in Surat in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 125
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Part 3 Violence
- 6. Empire by Treaty? 153
- 7. ‘Great help from Japan’ 179
- 8. The East India Company and the foundation of Persian Naval Power in the Gulf under Nader Shah, 1734-47 211
- Epilog. 9. The Dutch East India Company in global history 239
- Index 257
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 8
- List of Illustrations 9
- Acknowledgements 11
- Introduction The Companies in Asia 13
-
Part 1 Diplomacy
- 1. Scramble for the spices 25
- 2. Diplomacy in a provincial setting 55
- 3. Contacting Japan 79
-
Part 2 Trade
- 4. Surat and Bombay 101
- 5. The English and Dutch East India Companies and Indian merchants in Surat in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 125
-
Part 3 Violence
- 6. Empire by Treaty? 153
- 7. ‘Great help from Japan’ 179
- 8. The East India Company and the foundation of Persian Naval Power in the Gulf under Nader Shah, 1734-47 211
- Epilog. 9. The Dutch East India Company in global history 239
- Index 257