ABSTRACT
The general development of VOC shipping is described in chapters 3 and 4. This chapter presents and interprets the data collated relating to the development of the VOC network in Asia. As explained in chapter 2, the database contains, for the period examined, a total of 11.700 voyages between 520 destinations in 35 Asian areas; these have been extracted from the total of more then 30.000 voyages held in the database. All the records of local voyages and of the waiting time of a vessel are excluded for the analysis of the development of Dutch shipping in Asian waters until 1660.
