Author: COOLHAAS, W.PH.,
Title: Aanteekeningen en opmerkingen over den zoogenaamden Ambonschen Moord. In:BKI, 101-1.
Description: 's-Gravenhage, Nijhoff, 1942. Orig. wraps. pp.(49)-93, list of names at the end. Analysis of the so-called Ambon massacre 9 March 1623, [being the execution of some 20 Englishmen & Japanese, [falsely] accused of conspiracy against the dutch], in the context of the 17th century administration of justice. After a review of earlier publications, including the british literature on the subject, Anglo-Dutch relations in the early 17th century are discussed & the trial of 1623 & its aftermath are described in detail. (Polman, Centr. Moluccas, op.cit.)

Keywords: v.o.c. moluccas ambon trial treason justice politics treason execution british japanese colonialism indonesia southeastasia