Shallow Waters, Rising Tide.

• Superior document: Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
• VerfasserIn: Knaap, G. J., 1954-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1996.; ©1996.
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Tables and graphs in text -- Preface -- I Introduction -- Part one -- The setting -- II The economic policy of the VOC -- III The ports of Java -- Part two -- Shipping and trade around 1775 -- IV Ships and arms -- V Volume, destination and season -- VI Skippers and crews -- VII Ownership and investment -- VIII Trade in and around Batavia -- IX The flow of goods east of Batavia -- X Rice and timber -- XI Salt, sugar, tobacco, and cloth -- XII Fiscal regulations concerning maritime traffic -- Part three -- Long-term perspective -- XIII The evolution of ships -- XIV Development of maritime traffic -- XV Conclusion -- Appendices -- 1 Sources and methods -- 2 Measures and weights -- 3 Shiptypes listed in the private sector outside Batavia, 1774-77 -- 4 Average armament according to shiptype in the private sector outside Batavia, 1774-77 -- 5 Annual number of shipmoves and volume of shipping in 15 ports, 1774-77 -- 6 Direction of shipmoves in the private sector in 15 ports, 1774-77 -- 7 Minimum and maximum months of shipping activity according to the most important zones in 15 ports, 1774-77 -- 8 Ethnicity of skippers in the private sector outside Batavia, 1774-77 -- 9 Place of residence of skippers in the private sector in ports outside Batavia, 1774-77 -- 10 Ethnicity and place of residence of skippers in the private sector in ports outside Batavia, 1774-77 -- 11 Approximate annual import and export (non-VOC) of the most important commodities in Batavia, 1774-77 -- 12 Approximate annual import and export (VOC) of the most important commodities in Batavia, 1774-77 -- 13 Approximate annual import and export (non-VOC) of the most important commodities in 13 ports east of Batavia, 1774-77 -- Bibliography -- Index.