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Gawronski: Hollandia Compendium: A Contribution to the History, Archaeology, Classification and Texi

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Gawronski: Hollandia Compendium: A Contribution to the History, Archaeology, Classification and Texi
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Gawronski, Jerzy and Bas Kist and Odilia Stokvis-van Boetzelaer. HOLLANDIA COMPENDIUM: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION AND TEXICOLOGY OF A 150FT INDIAMAN (1740-1750). Elsevier Science. 1992. 4to, 530 pages; Hardcover; Pictoral boards; The Hollandia Compendium is an interplay between historical and archaeological data, thus providing an elaborate and detailed visualisation of the VOC and its functions as a trading company. The present study is a catalogue of objects originating from the wreck. It is a lexicon of administrative usage of the VOC. Additionally included are discussions of the significance of VOC Ships to the development of a historical-archaeological discipline for further investigation of these wrecks, and a survey of historical sources, both material and written for information on ships of the VOC in the mid-18th century. Subject: Archaeology - Underwater