Guide to the Manuscripts of Professor C.R. Boxer (as filmed by the AJCP), 1569-1811

Summary

Collection number:

M1174 - M1175

Extent:

10 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

1. Letterbook 1615-20 of Capt. William Keeling describing the third voyage undertaken by the East India Co and referring to trade with the East Indies and Anglo-Dutch rivalry.

2. Manuscript copy 1569 of description by Gabriel Rebello of the Spice Islands and disputes of the Portuguese and Spanish for their possession.

3. Journal 1731-32 of voyage of the Flora from Batavia to the Netherlands.

4. Manuscript 1733-41 on the trade and commerce of Java.

5. Spanish journal 1590 describing the Far East and South East Asia.

6. Logs 1634-36, 1668, of galleons on voyages from Manila to Acapulco.

7. Letter of appointment 1632 of Anthony Van Diemen as Commander of the Dutch East India Co fleet.

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Ralph Boxer (1904-2000) was born in Sandown, Isle of Wight, and educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served in the British Army from 1924 to 1947 and was a prisoner of war in Hong Kong from 1941 to 1945. In 1947 he was offered the Camoens chair of Portuguese at Kings College, London, and held the post until his retirement in 1967. Although he did not have a degree, he had already written a large number of scholarly works on the history of East Asia. He had a lifelong interest in Japan and his early writings were on the first Europeans to come to Japan: the Portuguese, the Dutch and the Jesuits. His later books included The Christian century in Japan, 1549-1650 (1951), The Dutch in Brazil, 1624-1654 (1957), The tragic history of the sea, 1589-1622 (1959), The golden age of Brazil, 1695-1750 (1962), The great ship of Amacon: annals of Macao and the old Japan trade, 1555-1640 (1963), The Dutch seaborne empire, 1600-1800 (1965) and The Portuguese seaborne empire, 1415-1825 (1969) The bulk of Boxer's great library, together with all his papers, are now held at the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana at Bloomington.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn727593] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

The original were filmed at the private residence of Professor C.R. Boxer, England, in 1980. The papers of Professor Boxer are held at the Lilly Library at Indiana University: Bloomington. The collection numbers are Boxer mss, Boxer mss.II and Boxer mss. III. (http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/index.php)

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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