C.R. Boxer
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Nagasaki is often immediately associated with the American atomic attack on August 9th, 1945. However, it was also, for over two centuries, the only place in Japan open to foreigners. How were Europeans received there? Published August 9 2011
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New work on the Dutch Golden Age by Simon Schama
Published December 1 1987
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The recent recovery of large quantities of porcelain from the South China seas highlights eighteenth-century Europe's insatiable desire for tableware from the Orient. Published March 31 1987
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Port wine and a queen for England from Braganza - commercial and cultural links strengthened the alliance steadily during the Age of Reason. Published May 31 1986
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Sonia Keppel
Published March 31 1982
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C.R. Boxer begins our special feature on Japan, considering the reception of Europeans in the country from the 16th century. Published October 1 1981
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A new history of the Jesuits, reviewed by C.R. Boxer
Published January 1 1981
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This article on piracy in the South China Sea from 1550-1950 is the first in an occasional series on the subject. Future articles will consider Mediterranean Corsairs, West Indian Buccaneers and Dunkirk Privateers. In this first article, C.R. Boxer considers piracy in the South China Sea. Published December 1 1980
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Decisive Naval Campaigns in the Rise of the West, Vol. I, 1481-1654 by Peter Padfield
Published May 31 1980
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