C.A. Davids
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Arts, Faculty Member
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Dutch Ships and Sailors is a project that aims to provide an infrastructure for maritime historical datasets, linking correlating data through semantic web technology. It brings together datasets related to recruitment and shipping in the... more
Dutch Ships and Sailors is a project that aims to provide an infrastructure for maritime historical datasets, linking correlating data through semantic web technology. It brings together datasets related to recruitment and shipping in the East-India trade (mainly 18th century) and in the shipping of the northern provinces of the Netherlands (mainly 19th century). For the northern provinces, the database contains data on the personnel recruited, the ships, and other variables (muster rolls of the northern provinces of the Netherlands). Dutch Ships and Sailors is a CLARIN IV-project, hosted by Huygens ING in collaboration with VU University Amsterdam, the International Institute of Social History and Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam. The data from this project are divided over 5 datasets. See the ‘Thematic collection: Dutch Ships and Sailors’ dataset for a full overview. This dataset is a conversion to RDF/Turtle of a previous data collection from Dutch northern muster rolls and mustering registers. These original sources contain information on the ship, the name of the ship, the captain, the crew, the tonnage, the data and place of monstering, and the ships destination. In the original sources this information is broken down in separate categories and is documented according to a standard format. The source data for this dataset were the Noordelijke Monsterollen Databases (MDB) (Northern Muster Rolls Databases) created by historian Jurjen Leinenga. These databases contain mustering information from the period 1803-1837 found in archives, maritime museums and private collections in the four northern Dutch provinces (Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe and Overijssel)
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Page 1. 'A historical tour de force for maritime history that will long stand as the definitive work encomp assing depth, variety, and historical perspective. Summing up: Essential.' Choice 2008 Dartmouth Medal WINNER Editor ...
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Psychology and Brill
Research Interests:
In 1826, the Netherlands switched meridians. Officially, the meridian of Greenwich became the prime meridian for Dutch seafarers rather than that of Tenerife. The shift was the result of advice from the Longitude Committee to the... more
In 1826, the Netherlands switched meridians. Officially, the meridian of Greenwich became the prime meridian for Dutch seafarers rather than that of Tenerife. The shift was the result of advice from the Longitude Committee to the Secretary of the Navy. The Committee, which the Admiralty of Amsterdam originally established in 1787 as the ‘Committee concerning matters relating to the determination of Longitude at Sea and the Improvement of Charts’,1 argued that other seafaring nations no longer used the meridian of Tenerife as their reference and that Dutch seafarers also rarely used it as a prime meridian. Naval officers had already switched to the Greenwich meridian because they often used British charts.
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
In 1992 schreef André Corboz in het tijdschrift Archis de pakkende zinsnede: ‘Weldra zal Europa één stedelijke nevel zijn.’ Hij verwees daarbij naar het gestaag uitdijen van de stedelijke ruimte, die gepaard ging met een alles... more
In 1992 schreef André Corboz in het tijdschrift Archis de pakkende zinsnede: ‘Weldra zal Europa één stedelijke nevel zijn.’ Hij verwees daarbij naar het gestaag uitdijen van de stedelijke ruimte, die gepaard ging met een alles doordringende invloed van de stedelijke cultuur. ‘Nevelstad’ of città diffusa is een concept dat sinds de jaren negentig geregeld in de literatuur opduikt om recente stedelijke ontwikkelingen te omschrijven. Het verschijnsel ‘nevelstad’ is onder die noemer tot nu toe vooral in Italië en Vlaanderen beschreven. Het heeft echter een langere voorgeschiedenis. Amerikaanse en Europese geografen, stadssociologen en (stads)planners hadden het bewuste verstedelijkingsproces al aan het begin van de jaren zestig herkend. De fysieke verschijningsvorm van het nieuwe type stedelijke ruimte duidden zij onder meer aan als ‘urban sprawl’, ’super-cities’ of ‘megalopolis’. Aan het procesmatige karakter daarvan voegde Corboz veertig jaar later twee eigenschappen toe: a) een ruimt...
Research Interests:
... include Geldumlauf und Wirschafts-konjunktur im sudlichen Ostseeraum an der Wende der Neuzeit (1440 ... Groenveld, Eberhardt Isenmann, Lex Heerma van Voss, Jonathan Israel, Jan de Jongste ... Peter Klein, Paul Knevel, Ad Knotter, Cle... more
... include Geldumlauf und Wirschafts-konjunktur im sudlichen Ostseeraum an der Wende der Neuzeit (1440 ... Groenveld, Eberhardt Isenmann, Lex Heerma van Voss, Jonathan Israel, Jan de Jongste ... Peter Klein, Paul Knevel, Ad Knotter, Cle Lesger, Marcel van der Linden, Richard ...