By: Jan Tent
Studies of proper names have revealed naming patterns which may provide insights into the attitudes and values of the contemporaneous name bestowers. This essay analyses the names conferred upon the
vessels of the United East India Company or Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), in order to ascertain whether there are any distinct naming patterns. This onomastic analysis helps show prevailing attitudes and values in the VOC and the Dutch Republic over two centuries, from 1606 to 1803.
Van Mook, Van der Plas and the Indisch vision for the post-war Netherlands East Indies
This is the third article in the DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series explores the political, constitutional and administrative relationship between the Read more
