Brothers in arms, partners in trade : : Dutch-indigenous alliances in the Atlantic world, 1595-1674 / / by Mark Meuwese.

• Superior document: Atlantic world: Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 ; v. 23
• Author: Meuwese, Mark.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The Atlantic World 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Recent studies on Dutch encounters with indigenous peoples in the Americas and West Africa have taken a narrow regional approach rather than a comparative Atlantic perspective. This book, based on Dutch archival records and primary and secondary sources in multiple languages, integrates indigenous peoples more fully in the Dutch Atlantic by examining the development of formal relations between the Dutch and non-Europeans in Brazil, the Gold Coast, West Central Africa, and New Netherland from the first Dutch overseas voyages in the 1590's until the dissolution of the West India Company in 1674. By taking an Atlantic perspective this study of Dutch-indigenous alliances shows that the support and cooperation of indigenous peoples was central to Dutch overseas expansion in the Atlantic.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- From ‘Grand Design’ to Bankruptcy: -- Establishing Alliances: -- An Effective but Fragile Alliance: -- Deferring Imperial Dreams: -- Cooperation and Conflict: -- ‘The Disloyalty of the Inhabitants’: -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Non-English Terms -- Index.