5. A Spy or a Go-between ? Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the Itinerario and the Rise of Dutch Overseas Expansion (1583–1611)

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1. Frontmatter 1
2. Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 2
3. Table of Contents 5
4. Acknowledgments 7
5. Introduction: Maritime History and History of Knowledge for the 16^th- Century European History 9
6. 1. The First Global Exchange and Dispute over the Globe : the Portuguese-Spanish Nautical Interchange (1415–1580) 23
7. 2. Unexpected or Predictable Espionage and Diplomacy? Portuguese Nautical Knowledge and the English Voyages to West Africa (1551–59) 75
8. 3. Spying Ambassadors for a French Overseas Empire? Michel de Seure and Jean Nicot’s Maritime and Cosmographical Espionage in Portugal (1557–61) 121
9. 4. Mare Clausum and Secret Science : João Pereira Dantas and the Portuguese Strategies to Control French and English Overseas Plans (1557–68) 191
10. 5. A Spy or a Go-between ? Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the Itinerario and the Rise of Dutch Overseas Expansion (1583–1611) 267
11. Conclusion: Five Connected Histories of Knowledge? Portugal, Spain, France, England, the Dutch Republic, and Secrecy Policies 323
12. Illustrations 335
13. Bibliography and Sources 341
14. Index of Names, Places and Subjects 371