Dutch Connections: 400 Years of Australian-Dutch Maritime Links, 1606-2006

Shaw, Lindsey, 1957-, et al

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  • 175 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 24 x 24 cm. in sleeve.

First Edition. Limited edition #114 of 1000. Both book and slipcase in Fine condition.

  • Dutch encounters and the Australasian shore / Dr Nigel Erskine, Australian i National Maritime Museum 10
  • Discoveries and disasters – early Dutch, French and British exploration and shipwrecks on the coast of Western Australia / Dr Phillip Playford, Western Australian Museum 26
  • Abel Janszoon Tasman – the Australian voyages, missing journals and perplexing charts / Paul Brunton, State Library of New South Wales 40
  • Encounters of the third kind – Dutch shipping in Asia and the search for the South Land / Dr Robert Parthesius, Amsterdam Historical Museum 58
  • Cultural heritage and a piece of pewter/ Professor Peter Sigmond, Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands 72
  • Unfurling the secret of the Batavia lace and lace bobbins / Myra Stanbury, Western Australian Museum 86
  • The Dutch on Australian shores, the Zuytdorp tragedy – unfinished business / Dr Michael McCarthy, Western Australian Museum 94 – ‘The Dutch are a mob of bastards’ – Australian-Dutch relations in the Pacific War / Dr Peter Stanley, Australian War Memorial 110
  • Onderzeeër boats – K-IX and other World War II Dutch submarine mysteries / Tim Smith, Heritage Office, New South Wales Department of Planning 124
  • Expectation versus reality – post-war Dutch migration to Australia / Dr Nonja Peters, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia 136
  • KPM (1888-1967) – the forgotten Dutch shipping line / Wim van Alebeek 152
  • The end of an era in Dutch shipping – P&O Nedlloyd / Bob Kemp, CEO, Total Marine Logistics 160
  • Shipping — Netherlands — History
  • Australia — Discovery and exploration — Dutch
  • Netherlands — Foreign relations — Australia
  • Australia — Foreign relations — Netherlands

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Additional Information

AuthorShaw, Lindsey, 1957-, et al
Number of pages175
PublisherAustralian National Maritime Museum
Year Published2006
Book Condition

FINE

Binding Type

Softcover in slipcase.

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