Table of Contents

Table of contents - 6 Foreword - 10 1. Introduction - 12 2. The database and methodology - 16 3. The Dutch expansion in Asia up to 1660 - 32 4. Connecting the Asian regions: The trading and shipping network in operation after 1620 - 52 5. The development of the VOC fleet - 66 6. The shipping and logistics in operation - 96 7. Knitting all the threads together: the logistics of the network - 114 8. An analysis of the development of VOC shipping in Asia until 1660 - 126 9. Fleets per region - 146 10. Conclusions - 164 Notes - 174 References - 180 List of vessels in service during the period 1596-1660 - 190 Index - 212

About the Author

Robert Parthesius is a naval historian and director of the Centre for International Heritage Activities in Leiden.