{"id":240,"date":"2016-01-04T07:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T23:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudnix10.netinfiniti.net\/portcitiesasia\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2016-01-04T07:49:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T23:49:45","slug":"web-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/web-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The PORTUGUESE &amp; DUTCH in Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colonialvoyage.com\/category\/colonialism\/dutch-colonialism\/\">http:\/\/www.colonialvoyage.com\/category\/colonialism\/dutch-colonialism\/<\/a> : 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.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dutchcemeterybengal.com\/voc.php\">http:\/\/dutchcemeterybengal.com\/voc.php<\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0This site focuses on the legacies of the Dutch (VOC) influence in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iisg.nl\/exhibitions\/japaneseprints\/dutch.html\">http:\/\/www.iisg.nl\/exhibitions\/japaneseprints\/dutch.html<\/a> : This website focuses on the Dutch in Yokohama. The main emphasis of the site is on textile prints that depict the Dutch and Dutch ships in the port city of Yokohama. This site provides insights into the types of cultural exchanges that took place within the port setting and how these influenced material culture.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksmuseum.nl\/en\/explore-the-collection\/timeline-dutch-history\">https:\/\/www.rijksmuseum.nl\/en\/explore-the-collection\/timeline-dutch-history<\/a> Dutch history resources&#8211;includes information and photographs on themes like Dutch maritime expansion and the Dutch East India company.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/portugal\/\">http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/portugal\/<\/a> (This contains a brief write up on Portuguese history\u2014includes segment on Portuguese maritime history)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farelli.info\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.farelli.info\/index.htm<\/a> (Website on Dutch colonial history in Asia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/learning\/histcitizen\/trading\/tradingplaces.html\">http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/learning\/histcitizen\/trading\/tradingplaces.html<\/a> : The British Library holds a wealth of materials relating to Asian port cities. This website focuses on the East India Company and the port cities. Within the website is an interactive video, which narrates the story of the East India Company\u2019s voyages.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/ans7870\/21f\/21f.027\/rise_fall_canton_01\/index.html\">http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/ans7870\/21f\/21f.027\/rise_fall_canton_01\/index.html<\/a> (MIT Visualizing Cultures, the rise and fall of the Canton System)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GENERAL WEBSITES on Europeans in Asia and Asian Ports<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/art\/exhibitions\/orient\/\">http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/art\/exhibitions\/orient\/<\/a> \u201cImagining the Orient\u201d: European\u2019s impressions of Asia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-map-as-history.com\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.the-map-as-history.com\/index.php<\/a> (Interactive maps to illustrate global history; these maps include the detailing of Portuguese\/Dutch\/British colonialism through voyages\u00e0 used by the French education authorities)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transpacificproject.com\/\">http:\/\/www.transpacificproject.com\/<\/a> (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.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CEYLON and the INDIAN OCEAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lankapura.com\/\">http:\/\/lankapura.com\/<\/a> Images of Sri Lanka and port cities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eticproject.wordpress.com\/category\/port-cities\/\">https:\/\/eticproject.wordpress.com\/category\/port-cities\/<\/a> (Project on India\u2019s links with the \u201cModern\u201d world\u2014Site includes write-ups on conferences, investigations into parts of India\u2019s colonial past through the lens of Calcutta and Goa. Site also contains links to other relevant pages such as South Asian archives and maps)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CHINA\u2019S TREATY PORTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualshanghai.net\/Presentation\/Overview\">http:\/\/www.virtualshanghai.net\/Presentation\/Overview<\/a> (Virtual Shanghai as part of the greater Virtual Cities Project, which focuses mainly on China\u2019s port cities and Vietnam. This Website is rich in photographic resources. It also contains papers written on Chinese port cities and archival materials like maps etc).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristol.ac.uk\/tianjin-project\/\">http:\/\/www.bristol.ac.uk\/tianjin-project\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earnshaw.com\/shanghai-ed-india\/tales\/tales.htm\">http:\/\/www.earnshaw.com\/shanghai-ed-india\/tales\/tales.htm<\/a>\u00a0 (This website dedicated to \u2018Old Shanghai\u2019 is packed with interesting glimpses into Shanghai in its heyday as \u2018Paris of the East\u2019.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hong Kong &amp; Macau<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macauoldmap.com\/\">http:\/\/www.macauoldmap.com\/<\/a> (Chinese website: Very informative and it features a treasure trove of maps on colonial Macau)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PORTUGUESE &amp; DUTCH in Asia http:\/\/www.colonialvoyage.com\/category\/colonialism\/dutch-colonialism\/ : This is a great resource on colonialism and port cities. 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