A Concise History of Dutch Mauritius, 1598-1710: A Fruitful and Healthy LandKegan Paul International, 1998 - 127 pagina's In 1598 a fleet of five East India ships from the Nether-lands landed on the uninhabited island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, which they claimed as a Dutch possession. Being rich in food and water and free of diseases, Mauritius became an important station for outward or homeward-bound ships of the Dutch East India Company, who built a fort, garrisoned the island, began cutting the island's ebony forests, and introduced slaves from Madagascar, some of whom succeeded in escaping Dutch rule and lived as refugees in the interior of the island. Even in the seventeenth century, Mauritius had a multiethnic population. This book describes the vicissitudes of the Dutch on Mauritius and examines the commanders of the island, from the successful Adriaen van der Stel to the despotic Isaac Lamotius, from the disastrous George Wreede to the diplomatic but harsh Roelof Diodati. Appendices list ships calling at Mauritius and the first foreign inhabitants of Mauritius. |
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Antongil Archives Arnhem arrived at Mauritius Bantam Barnwell and Toussaint Batavia bewindhebbers birds Both's Bruijn Buiteposte called at Mauritius captain cargo Cornelis Gooyer Cornelisz crew Dagh-register December Den Haag Diemen dodo Dutch Mauritius Dutch-Asiatic shipping ebony English Flacq fleet Fort Frederik François Leguat Frederik Hendrik French garrison Gelderland Geünieerde Provinciën Governor-General Grand Port Grand Port Bay Haag Hague Harmensz Heeringa Heren Zeventien Hoge Regering homeward voyage Hoorn Hubert Hugo Ibid inv.nr Jacob Jacob Cornelisz Jolinck Jongh Joris van Spilbergen Lamotius Leeuw left Mauritius Madagascar Martinus Nijhoff Meersch merchant Momber Nederlanders Netherlands north-western harbour October onder Oost-Indische Compagnie outward voyage Pieter Pietersz Portuguese Reinier Por returned Riebeeck Roelof Diodati sailed sailors sent September ship's boat Sleigh south-eastern harbour stadholder Stel Stel's Stokram survivors Tasman tortoises Tweede Schipvaart vessel Visits and despatches VOC-archive Volkert Evertsz vrijburgers Wapen van Amsterdam Willem wrecked Wreede Wybrant Warwijck yacht Zaaijman Zeeland zijn