Dutch East Indies

Barbara B. Montgomerie The First St.Helena - The East India Company Schooner St. Helena 1814-1830.
Bristol, Printsetters, 1994, First Edition, Octavo, Softcover, book condition: Very Good, dust jacket condition: Good. 193 pages, text in English. Pictures in black and white.
This book covers the voyages of a tiny schooner specially built for St Helena in 1814. She was too small from the start, and the wrong shape for the South Atlantic, but nevertheless had many adventures during the 15 years she served the island - travelling to the cape, the west coast of Africa and even to Rio de Janeiro. She brought live animals to feed the troops during and after Napoleon's captivity.
Item nr: 9662

Meilink-Roelofsz, Prof. Dr. M.A.P. De V.O.C. in Azie.
Bussum, Fibula - Van Dishoek, 1976, First edition, Octavo, Hardcover, book condition: fine, dust jacket condition: Near fine. 243 Pages. Dutch text.
A very interesting work on the Dutch East India Company in Asia during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Item nr: 8712

Om Prakash The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal 1630-1720.
New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1985, First Edition, Octavo, Hardcover, book condition: Fine, dust jacket condition: Good: some damage to spine cover. 291 Pages, Text in English.
The writer reveals in this book the important part played by Bengal in the Dutch East India Company's activities in India in the 17th and early 18th Century.
Item nr: 9592

Wells, Tony Shipwrecks & Sunken Treasure in Southeast Asia - With over 450 Wrecks including the Flor Do Mar.
Singapore, Times editions, 1995, First edition, Octavo, Softcover, book condition: New. 159 Pages. Fully illustrated in colour.
Southeast Asia has been the hub of a prosperous maritime trade for many centuries. Just about every type of exotic merchandise was traded here - porcelain, gold, silver and the precious spices for which the region was renowned. It attracted ships from as far away as Arabia, India, Europe and the Americas, and though many sailed safely back to home port, others were doomed to sink a watery grave with great loss of life and cargo.
Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasures in Southeast Asia weaves a fascinating story of the rich trading history of the Spice Route and of the thousands of ships that came here in search of riches. It explores some of the reasons why the ships sank and provides an eye-opening account of the fabulous treasures that still lie undisturbed beneath the waters of Southeast Asia. The book also:
Introduces readers to researching shipwrecks, the practical aspects of treasure-hunting beneath the sea such as survey and search techniques and identifying shipwrecks by the artifacts recovered;
Updates readers about recent discoveries and excavations of shipwrecks in Southeast Asia;
Contains an eyewitness account of the search for the most fabulous shipwreck ever to take place in Southeast Asia - the Flor Do Mar which sank almost five centuries ago laden with the riches of the Malacca sultante.
And to bring out treasure-hunter in us all, the author provides a comprehensive listing of over 450 shipwrecks that sank in Asian waters between the early 1500s and the end of the 19th century.
Item nr: 11453