The Dutch East India Company and the Transport of Live Exotic Animals in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
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| Publication date | 2020 |
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| Book title | Animal trade histories in the Indian Ocean World |
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| Series | Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies |
| Event | International Conference: Trade in Animals and Animal Products in the Indian Ocean World from early times to c.1900 |
| Chapter | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 27-63 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Publisher | Cham: Palgrave Macmillan |
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| Abstract | The geological framework of the Indian Ocean provided the Dutch East India Company (VOC) with two opportunities. On the one hand, it enabled them to introduce natural wonders to society at home, and on the other, they could utilise the resources of the Asian coastal areas as a means for trade. Although commerce, discovery, and the transformation of science have proven to be closely intertwined, this chapter focuses on the VOC’s entrepreneurship and what this meant for the animals of the Indian Ocean World (IOW) that they transported. |
| Document type | Chapter |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42595-1_2
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