Description: Based on Dutch archival records and primary and secondary sources in multiple languages, this study integrates indigenous peoples more fully in the Dutch Atlantic by examining Dutch-indigenous alliances in Brazil, the Gold Coast, West Central Africa, and New Netherland.
Review Quotes: "A key strength of Meuwese's study is its comparative analysis of [the WIC] imperial projects. Another is his determination to bring indigenous peoples to the centre of an Atlantic historiography more often concerned with shipping, European migration, imperial administration, and the adaptation of political and religious culture. [...] Meuwese demonstrates an enviable confidence when dealing with diverse sources and historiographies which he knits together well."
Dr Simon Middleton, Reviews in History, no. 1305
"As a survey and a starting point for further discussion and research this authoritative book will prove indispensable to many researchers, especially those without access to works written in Dutch."
Jaap Jacobs, BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, Vol. 128-4 (2013)
"Meuwese's account offers a fine overview of the Dutch West India Company's emergence and history, a detailed narrative of native affairs in each of these four regions, and an insightful comparison of them. In the end, readers will find themselves better informed of Dutch-native interaction throughout the Atlantic and challenged to reconsider Dutch-Indians affairs in New Netherlands in light of this Atlantic context" Paul Otto, De Halve Maen, Vol. 86, No. 2, Summer 2013