Resource Spotlight | “Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea: Conflict and Adaptation in Early Colonial Timor, 1600-1800” by Hans Hägerdal

The Coats of Arms of the Dutch East India Company and of the City of Batavia
Jeronimus Beck, 1651
© Rijksmuseum

Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea

Conflict and Adaptation in Early Colonial Timor, 1600-1800

by Hans Hägerdal

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On July 9th 1756 a meeting was convened by Johannes Andreas Paravicini (1710-1771) on the isle of Timor on behalf of the V.O.C. so that a treaty could be signed and all the local rulers could pledge their loyalty to the V.O.C.
Watercolor on Paper - 1756
TM-3728-540a
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Johannes Andreas Paravicini (1710-1771), chief tradesman of the Dutch East Indies Trading company (V.O.C.), is depicted in the center of a banquet with rulers of Great Timor and neighboring islands. He was sent by the Governor-General to reinstate the authority of the V.O.C. in the area, after Portuguese and mestizos besieged the stronghold of Kupang seven years earlier.
Watercolor on Paper - 1756
TM-3728-541a
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Herald of Amarassie
Natuurkundige commissie in Indië
1839 - 1844
Collection of the Natural Sciences Commission for the Dutch East Indies
© Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Sirih Containers and Other Timorese Accessories
Natuurkundige commissie in Indië
1839 - 1844
Collection of the Natural Sciences Commission for the Dutch East Indies
© Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Champion of Amfoang
Natuurkundige commissie in Indië
1839 - 1844
Collection of the Natural Sciences Commission for the Dutch East Indies
© Naturalis Biodiversity Center

*Ai Tos* Figures | Los Palos Region
© Kevin Montague

Map of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Flores, Timor and Sumbawa from Valentijn Oud en Nieuw Ost Indie. 1724-1726
Atlases from the Maritime Museum
© Scheepvaartmuseum

View of the island of Timor, 1781
Anonymous
RP-P-2018-3163
© Rijksmuseum

Three Portuguese Ships on Fire at Melaka
1606 (Published 1644-1646)
RP-P-OB-75,448
© Rijksmuseum

House in Belu on Timor
E.E. & H. Vatter
Between 1928 and 1929
© KITLV 122426

"Temple d'idoles pres de Coupang (Timor)." Atlas pittoresque, planche 191 |
Jules Dumont d'Urville | Atlas pittoresque. [Journey to the South Pole and Oceania on the Corvettes L'Astrolabe and La Zélée to Execute the Order of the King during the Years 1837–1838–1839–1840 under the Command of Dumont d'Urville. Pictorial Atlas.]

*Belu* Ceremonial Lime Container | *Ahu Mama*
© The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA

*Belu* Female House Door | *Oromattan*
© Musée du Quai-Branly | France

Pendant in the Shape of a Makara
Goa, India | 1600
© Rijksmuseum

Gold Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlaid Case
Japan | 1600
© Rijksmuseum

Ancestor Figure | *Ai Tos*
© The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA

Spoon of the King of Mandeu | *Nura Dikun*
© The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA

Hans Hägerdal

Hans Hägerdal is a professor of history at Linnaeus University, Sweden.

His major fields are East and Southeast Asian history, in particular focusing on early-modern colonial encounters and contact zones, historiographical questions, and the history of slaving.

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