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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)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2002

Peter Borschberg
Affiliation:
History Dept., NUS, 11 Arts Link, Singapore 117570. hispb@nus.edu.sg

Abstract

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 Dutch and Portuguese sources, the article revisits the incident to critique Grotius' account and provide a snapshot of Portuguese trade and diplomacy in Asia at the time.

Type
Articles
Copyright
© 2002 The National University of Singapore

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