ITINERARIOVOLUME XIII2

1989

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ITINERARIO volume XIII (1989) number 2

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NERARITINERARIO volume XIII (1989) number 2

LEIDENGRAFARIA

1990

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CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION

The Centre for the History of European Expansion, founded by the School ofHumanities of Leiden University, intends to register, to coordinate, and to promoteresearch and studies in the field of the History of European Expansion and thereactions to it.

Board: H.L. Wesseling (chairman); J.R. Bruijn, A.H. dc Groot, J.Th. Lindblad,G.D. Winius, E. Ziircher (members)

All communications and inquiries may be addressed to the staff:R.A.M. Baesjou (Expansion History, Africa), L. Blusse (Secretary of the Centre,Expansion History, Asia), P.C. Emmer (Expansion History, the Americas), J.A. deMoor (Documentation and Exchange)Address: Doelensteeg 16, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The NetherlandsTelephone: 071-272768

Editors: George Winius, Pieter Emmer, Dirk KolfT, J.A. de Moor

Consulting Editors: L. Blusse, F.S. Gaastra, R. Ross, H.L. Wesseling

Corresponding Editors: F.J.A. Broeze (Australia), N. Steensgaard (Denmark), C.A.Bayly (Great Britain), W. Remmelink (Japan), N. Tarling (New Zealand), E. VilaVilar (Spain),J.E. Wills (USA)

For information concerning subscription fees or exchange of relevant publications,please contact the Centre.

All correspondence should be addressed to the Editors, Itinerario, History Department,Leiden University, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Copyright University of Leiden 1990ISSN0165-1153

Coverphoto:Mosque and fish pond in Fort de Kock, Sumatra, 1900 (Courtesy of KITLV)

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Contents

Letter from the Centre 7

Announcement Laurens Reael Award 8

Conference Announcement , 9

ESF-Network on the History of European Expansion 11

Interview

J.-L. Miege 13

Articles

Henriette Bugge: Silk to Japan.Sino-Dutch Competition in the Silk Trade to Japan, 1633-1685 25

Alfred W. Crosby: Historical Interpretations of the Columbian Voyages 45

The Great Debate

Claude Markovits: The Growth of Entrepreneurship in Indiac. 1850-1950 with Some Latin American Comparisons ' 67

Bibliography

Robert Aldrich: European Expansion in the Island Pacific.A Historiographical Review y 87

Decolonization

Robert Holland: The Decolonization Craze 103

Archives

William Donovan: Avenues for Research in Eighteenth-CenturyPortuguese Overseas History 113

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Review Article

B. Bhattacharya: Merchants, Companies and Commerceon the Coromandel Coast, 1650-1740 by Sinnappah Arasaratnam 123

Reviews

Roy MacLeod and Milton Lewis (eds.), Disease, Medicine and Empire.Perspectives on Western Medicine and the Experience of European Expansion(G.vanHeteren) 129

C.G. Brouwer, Cauwa ende comptanten: the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnieinjemen, 1614-1655/ Cowha and Cash: The Dutch East India Companyin Yemen, 1614-1655;C.G. Brouwer and A. Kaplanian, Early Seventeenth-Century Yemen:Dutch Documents Relating to the Economic History of Southern Arabia,1614-1630 (Remco Raben) 131

P. Boomgaard (ed.), Changing Economy in Indonesia. A Selection ofStatistical Source Material from the Early 19th Century up to 1940.Vol. 7. Balance of Payments 1822-1939 by W.L. Korthals Altes.Vol. 8. Manufacturing Industry 1870-1942hy W.I.A.M. Segers(J. Thomas Lindblad) 133

Robert A. Naylor, Influencia britdnica en el comercio centroamericanodurante lasprimeras decadas de la Independencia (1821-1851) (H.Ph. Vogel) 134

Walter Bernecker, Die Handelskonquistadoren: europdische InteressenundmexikanischerStaat im 19.Jahrhundert (Raymond Buve) 135

Om Prakash, The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal,1630-1720 (Leonard Blusse) 138

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