The navigator : the log of John Anderson, VOC pilot-major, 1640-1643
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The navigator : the log of John Anderson, VOC pilot-major, 1640-1643
（European expansion and indigenous response / edited by Glenn J. Ames, v. 7）
Brill, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Captain John Anderson served in the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as 'Pilot-Major' in a fleet of ships that set sail from Europe in December 1640, and returned with his ships in July 1643. This was Anderson's fourth voyage to the East Indies.
His journey took three years during which time he safely brought a VOC fleet to Java and home again through tempests and full-scale battles with the Portuguese at sea.
In this, the first-ever edition of Anderson's Journal, the editors have complemented his own words with chapters discussing the author's contributions to the History of Warfare in Asia, Maritime Navigation and Early Modern Travel Writing.
Table of Contents
General Editor's Preface
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Measures, Currencies, and Mileage
Maps
PART ONE: HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
1. A Many-headed Hydra: An Introduction to the Dutch East India Company
2. Introduction to the Log-book of Captain John Anderson
3. The Log as a Reflection of the Practice of Navigation
4. War in the Log of John Anderson
5. Scots and the East Indies: A Background to the Voyage of John Anderson
PART TWO: THE LOG-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JOHN ANDERSON
Editorial Practice
The Log-book of Captain John Anderson
Appendices
Appendice A. Foreigners in the VOC, 1602-1660
Appendice B. Scots in East India Service, 1600-1660
Appendice C. Two letters of Drummer-Major James Spens, VOC Soldier, 1631-1632
Bibliography
Index
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