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The use of Dutch Material for South-East Asian Historical Writing*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2009
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A glance at a bibliography of the history of the Vereenigde Oost Indische Campagnie is sufficient to give one an idea of the treasure house of source material that must be extant to have made possible studies of such wide and varied nature. Those who have even a nodding acquaintance with this material will confirm that even more is waiting to be explored. From a study of the use to which this material has been put in the writing of history and from my own personal experience in their use, I shall set down in the following pages some comments on the nature and characteristics of the Company's records. Though my examples will, in the main, be taken from the South Asian region, it is hoped that the general observations will be of wider application.
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page 96 note 1. This is written with a knowledge of the Dutch records in Colombo and Madras and not in Jakarta or other South East Asian repositories which I have not had chance of visiting.
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