The road to Japan

Aus dem Inhalt: Josef KREINER: Preface Josef KREINER: Japan's „Long 16th Century“ - Japan at the Transition from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period and the Coming of the Europeans Reinhard WENDT: The Spanish-Dutch War, Japanese Trade, and World Politics Ekkehard WESTERMANN: Gold, Silver, and Copper in the European Economies and Their External Trade Relations from the End of the 15th to the End of the 16th Century Roelof VAN GELDER: Bound for Asia: Some Aspects of the Personnel of the Dutch East India Company Dietrich EBELING: The Dutch Timber Trade in the Rhineland During the 17th and 18th Centuries Leendert VAN PROOIJE: Timber from the Rhine Area: Its Use on Shipbuilding in the Dutch Republic in the 17th and 18th Centuries. An Inquiry into the Quantity of Timber Used for Shipbuilding Cynthia VIALLÉ: Those Headstrong People! Dutch Dealings with Japanese Lacquerers Martin KÜGLER and Ralf KLUTTIG-ALTMANN: German Clay Pipes on the World Market Anneli WALLENTOWITZ: A Note on Clay Pipes in Japan in the Edo Period