Inventing the English Massacre : Amboyna in History and Memory.

Inventing the English Massacre : Amboyna in History and Memory.

This book tells the story of the causes and legacies of a conspiracy trial featuring English, Japanese, and Indo-Portuguese plotters against Dutch spice traders in the Indian Ocean in 1623. In the wake of the torture and execution of the accused men, the incident became known in Europe as the Amboyn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Games, Alison, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2020.
Subjects:
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie > History > 17th century.
East India Company > History > 17th century.
East India Company
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
1600-1699
Amboyna massacre, 1623.
Dutch > Indonesia.
Diplomatic relations
Dutch
Netherlandish colonies
Ambon Island (Indonesia) > History.
Netherlands > Colonies > Asia.
Netherlands > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Netherlands.
Netherlands > Colonies.
Asia
Great Britain
Indonesia
Indonesia > Ambon Island
Netherlands
History
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Table of Contents:
  • From Competition to Conspiracy
  • The Amboyna Business
  • Inventing the Amboyna Massacre
  • The Reckoning
  • Domesticating Amboyna
  • Legacies: Reinvention and the Linchpin of Empire
  • Epilogue The First English Massacre.

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