Web Sources

The PORTUGUESE & DUTCH in Asia

  • http://www.colonialvoyage.com/category/colonialism/dutch-colonialism/ : This is a great resource on colonialism and port cities. This website focuses heavily on Dutch and Portuguese colonialism and the authors of the site provide extensive accounts of early ports and trading settlements. There are several useful primary resources such as cartography and maps, as well as short write-ups on the sites within these port cities.
  • http://dutchcemeterybengal.com/voc.php : This site focuses on the legacies of the Dutch (VOC) influence in India.

THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

GENERAL WEBSITES on Europeans in Asia and Asian Ports

  • http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/orient/ “Imagining the Orient”: European’s impressions of Asia
  • http://www.the-map-as-history.com/index.php (Interactive maps to illustrate global history; these maps include the detailing of Portuguese/Dutch/British colonialism through voyagesà used by the French education authorities)
  • http://www.transpacificproject.com/ (Massive project which outlines the networks between different cities and port cities. The website also hosts several themes which chart the transnational and cross-cultural relationship between East and West. It focuses on an interdisciplinary research and is rich in photographic materials.)

CEYLON and the INDIAN OCEAN

  • http://lankapura.com/ Images of Sri Lanka and port cities
  • https://eticproject.wordpress.com/category/port-cities/ (Project on India’s links with the “Modern” world—Site includes write-ups on conferences, investigations into parts of India’s colonial past through the lens of Calcutta and Goa. Site also contains links to other relevant pages such as South Asian archives and maps)

CHINA’S TREATY PORTS

Hong Kong & Macau