Caveat from the Archive: Pieter van Dam’s Beschryvinge van de Oostindische Compagnie and Crisis Management
This article considers the dynamics between the ideals of good governance, crisis, introspection, and routine. It centers on the Beschryvinge van de Oostindische Compagnie (Description of the [Dutch] East India Company; hereafter, VOC), commissioned in 1693. Compiled by the company’s secretary Piet...
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Language: | English |
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2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal for the History of Knowledge |
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Online Access: | https://journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view/11172 |