The Cradle of Colonialism

Preface List of Illustrations Book I 1. The Land and the People 2. The Sea 3. The Sea Lanes Become Longer 4. The Town 5. Independence at Any Price 6. Factors of Trade Expansion 7. From Guilds to Capitalism 8. Three Merchants and a Minister 9. Linschoten and His Itinerary 10. North to the Indies 11. South to the Indies 12. The Second and Third Voyages North Book II 1. Amsterdam Collects 2. The Rush to the Indies 3. The Prime Mover of the United Company 4. The Formation of the United East India Company 5. By Trial and Error 6. War and Trade Do Not Mix 7. The Seventeen Under Attack 8. 1607: The Burgeoning Year 9. Early Asiatic Trade: the Hindu Period 10. Background in Asia 11. The Portuguese Age Book III 1. Jan Pieterszoon Coen 2. The Bottom of the Ladder 3. Coen's First Contact with the Indies 4. The English versus the Dutch 5. The English East India Company 6. A Servant of the English Company 7. Up the Ladder 8. Blueprint for Empire 9. The Rendezvous 10. The Price of Monopoly 11. Second in Command 12. The Final Rung 13. 1618 14. The Crisis 15. The Siege 16. The Birth of an Empire 17. Steps Toward Consolidation 18. The Conquest of Banda 19. The English Withdrawal 20. Monopoly or Free Trade? 21. Missions Accomplished Epilogue Afterword: Three Men Bibliography Index