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The Southeast Asian Galleon Trade: A process towards a re-assessment of human-environment interaction
In 1939, William Schurz published ‘The Manila Galleon’ that has been considered a seminal work in maritime history (in the English language). In it, he proposed the shipping route of the galleon trade in the Pacific Ocean during the 16th to 19th…
The Social History of Artefacts and the Law in Southeast Asia
The loading of objects on a vessel, their loss, then physical discovery, recovery and subsequent movement, all
take place in a legal context. That context is not static and cannot be viewed entirely in hindsight from the now.
In unravelling the…
take place in a legal context. That context is not static and cannot be viewed entirely in hindsight from the now.
In unravelling the…
The snake, the crocodile, and the king
Decorative motifs in the royal barges of Angkor
Poster presented at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage
The Shared Underwater Cultural Heritage of Japan and the Netherlands: the Kanrin-maru
In 2014, a non-exhaustive inventory of the shared cultural heritage of the Netherlands and Japan was made by the Dutch government in the context of what the Netherlands calls its ‘Shared Cultural Heritage Policy’. This inventory resulted in an…