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Three Questions about Maritime Singapore, 16th-17th Centuries by Borschberg, Peter

“…This article explores three questions relating to the history of Singapore and the Straits with a focus on the period 1520 to 1650. The British colonial…”
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Alatas’ Raffles. A review of Syed Hussein Alatas’ Thomas Stamford Raffles by Borschberg, Peter

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The value of Admiral Matelieff's writings for studying the history of Southeast Asia, c .1600–1620 by Borschberg, Peter

“…Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge (also Cornelis Cornelisz. Matelief) was a director of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and fleet commander of a voyage to the…”
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The value of Admiral Matelieff's writings for studying the history of Southeast Asia, c.1600–1620 by Borschberg, Peter

“…Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge (also Cornelis Cornelisz. Matelief) was a director of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and fleet commander of a voyage to the…”
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Singapore in the Cycles of the Longue Durée by Borschberg, Peter

“…This article examines the history of Singapore over the course of about five centuries from the founding of Temasek-Singapura at the end of the thirteenth…”
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Singapore and its Straits, c.1500-1800 by Borschberg, Peter

“…This article provides a synopsis of the history of Singapore and its adjacent straits during the early modern period, spanning from around the fall of Melaka…”
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Rivalry for Trade in Tea and Textiles: The English and Dutch East India Companies (1700–1800) by Chris Nierstrasz, and: Trade and Empire in Early Nineteenth-Century Southeast Asia: Gillian Maclaine and His Business Network by G. Roger Knight, and: Money in Asia (1200–1900): Small Currencies in Social and Political Contexts ed. by Jane Kate Leonard, Ulrich Theobald (review) by Borschberg, Peter

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The Singapore Straits in the Latter Middle Ages and Early Modern Period (c. 13th to 17th Centuries) Facts, Fancy and Historiographical Challenges by Borschberg, Peter

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The Seizure of the Sta. Catarina Revisited: The Portuguese Empire in Asia, VOC Politics and the Origins of the Dutch-Johor Alliance (1602 – c.1616) by Borschberg, Peter

“…The seizure of the Sta. Catarina took place off the east coast of Singapore in 1603 and was popularised by the Dutch lawyer and humanist Hugo Grotius. Based on…”
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Ethnicity, Language and Culture in Melaka after the Transition from Portuguese to Dutch Rule (Seventeenth Century) by Borschberg, Peter

“…Based chiefly on primary documents and extant manuscript materials, this article examines the transition of Melaka from Portuguese colony to the possession of…”
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Southeast Asia. Hugo Grotius, the Portuguese and free trade in the East Indies by Disney, Anthony, Borschberg, Peter

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Southeast Asia. The Singapore and Melaka Straits: Violence, security and diplomacy in the 17th century by Reid, Anthony, Borschberg, Peter

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Singapore as a Port City, c.1290–1819: Evidence, Frameworks and Challenges by Borschberg, Peter, Khoo, Benjamin J. Q

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Transcending borders: the sea as realm of memory by Borschberg, Peter, North, Michael

“…In this joint paper, ‘Transcending Borders: The Sea as Realm of Memory’, we shall discuss issues of regional integration by applying the concept of realm of…”
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Jacques de Coutre as a Source for the Early Seventeenth-Century History of Singapore, the Johor River, and the Straits by Borschberg, Peter

“…His name may not yet appear in any of the school textbooks in Singapore and Malaysia, but he has gained for himself an entry in the recently published…”
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Grotius, Maritime Intra-Asian Trade and the Portuguese Estado da Índia: Problems, Perspectives and Insights from De iure praedae by Borschberg, Peter

“…AbstractThe present article explores the historical sections of Grotius's De iure praedae Commentarius (chapters 11 through 16) bearing the following…”
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Hugo Grotius, East India Trade and the King of Johor by Borschberg, Peter

“…This article examines various aspects of the formulation of the Dutch East India Company's treaty and alliance system, based on published and unpublished…”
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Südostasien Handbuch. Geschichte - Gesellschaft – Politik – Wirtschaft – Kultur. Edited by BERNHARD DAHN and RODERICH PTAK München: C.H. Beck Verlag, 1999. Pp. 684. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index by BORSCHBERG, PETER

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Die Dänen in Indien, Südostasien und China (1620–1845) By STEPHAN DILLER. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag (South China and Maritime Asia, 8), 1999. Pp. viii, 430. Tables, Illustrations, Plates, Bibliography, Index by BORSCHBERG, PETER

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The Sulu Zone. The World Capitalist Economy and the Historical Imagination. By James F. Warren. Comparative Asian Studies, no. 20. Amsterdam: VU University Press for Centre for Asian Studies, Amsterdam, 1998. Pp. 71. Map, Plates, Bibliography by Borschberg, Peter

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