Asian Trade and European Influence : In the Indonesian Archipelago between 1500 and about 1630

I. Trade and Traffic in the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula prior to the 15th century -- II. The Rise of Malacca -- III. Malacca at the end of the 15th century. Structure of trade. Trade and traders in Malaccan society -- IV. The commercial traffic of Malacca at the end of the 15th century: its bearing and density -- V. Trade in the Indonesian Archipelago not centred exclusively on Malacca: (I) The Sumatran ports 89 — (2) The spice-producing areas: the Moluccas and Banda 93 — (3) Trade in Borneo, Celebes and the Lesser Sunda Islands Ioo — (4) The Javanese seaports 103 -- VI. The influence of Portuguese expansion on Asian trade -- VII. Portuguese Malacca and native trade in the Malay-Indonesian area -- VIII. The coming of the northern Europeans to the Malay-Indonesian area. Inter-European conflicts and Asian trade -- IX. The spice monopoly of the United Company and Asian trade in the Malay-Indonesian area -- X. The United Company monopoly and the foreign Asian merchant in Indonesia at the beginning of the 17th century -- XI. The United Company monopoly and the spice trade of the towns of Northern Java -- Summary -- Sources consulted in manuscript -- Notes -- List of Abbreviations.