The Navigator ：The Log of John Anderson, VOC Pilot-Major, 1640-1643 ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：The Log of John Anderson, VOC Pilot-Major, 1640-1643

Publication series ：1

Author： Enthoven   Victor;Murdoch   Steve;Williamson   Eila  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9789004189331

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004189317

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004189317

Subject： K5 European History

Language： ENG

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Description

Captain John Anderson served in the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as ‘Pilot-Major’ between 1640 and 1643. This was his fourth voyage to the Indies and the only one he chose to record. His log gives great insight into the subject of European travel in Asia in the Early Modern Period.

Chapter

Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

General Editor's Preface

pp.：  7 – 8

List of Illustrations

pp.：  9 – 10

Preface

pp.：  11 – 12

List of Abbreviations

pp.：  13 – 14

Notes on Measures, Currencies, and Mileage

pp.：  15 – 16

Maps

pp.：  17 – 22

Part One Historical Introduction

pp.：  23 – 24

Chapter One A Many-headed Hydra: An Introduction to the Dutch East India Company

pp.：  25 – 32

Chapter Two Introduction to the Log-book of Captain John Anderson

pp.：  33 – 52

Chapter Three The Log as a Reflection of the Practice of Navigation

pp.：  53 – 80

Chapter Four War in the Log of John Anderson

pp.：  81 – 108

Chapter Five Scots and the East Indies: A Background to the Voyage of John Anderson

pp.：  109 – 138

Part Two The Log-Book of Captain John Anderson

pp.：  139 – 140

Editorial Practice

pp.：  141 – 144

The Log-book of Captain John Anderson: Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, adv. ms. 33.3.14

pp.：  145 – 268

Appendices

pp.：  269 – 280

Appendix A. Foreigners in the VOC, 1602-1660

pp.：  269 – 269

Appendix B. Known Scots in East India Service, 1600-1660

pp.：  270 – 275

Appendix C. Two letters of Drummer-Major James Spens, VOC Soldier, 1631-1632

pp.：  276 – 280

Bibliography

pp.：  281 – 292

Index

pp.：  293 – 0

Untitled

pp.：  1 – 304

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