Hendrik Adriaan van Reede Tot Drakenstein (1636–1691) and Hortus Malabaricus: A Contribution to the History of Dutch Colonial Botany

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Summary
Samenvatting
PART ONE: HENDRIK ADRIAAN VAN REEDE TOT DRAKENSTEIN
	1: Van Reede in the Netherlands 1636-1650
	2: Van Reede abroad 1650-1678
		Cape of Good Hope 1657
		Batavia 1657
		The conquest of Malabar 1658-1663
		Inspections of Malabar 1663-1667
		First captain and sergeant-major of Ceylon 1667-1669
		Commander of Malabar 1670-1677
		Extraordinary Councillor of India 1677
	3: Van Reede in the Netherlands 1678-1684
		Arrival in the Netherlands
		The Equestrian Order and the States of Utrecht
		The Van Reede family
		Hortus Malabaricus
		Appointment as Commissioner-General of the Western Quarters
	4: Van Reede abroad 1684-1691
		Cape of Good Hope 1685
		South Ceylon 1685
		Bengal 1686-1687
		Coromandel 1687-1689
		North Ceylon 1689-1690
		Tuticorin 1690-1691
		Malabar 1691
		Death and funeral
	5: Epilogue
		Francina van Reede
		Elisabeth Antonia van Panhuizen
PART TWO: HORTUS MALABARICUS
	Introduction
	6: Bibliography
		Description
	7: Viridarium Orientale of Matthew of St. Joseph
		The Paris Codex of Viridarium Orientale
	8: Drawings of Hortus Malabaricus
		Description
	9: Renaissance botany
	10: Plant descriptions of Hortus Malabaricus
		General scheme of the descriptions
		Genesis of the descriptions
	11: Commentaries
		Arnold Syen
		Jan Commelin
	12: Insertion of Hortus Malabaricus in the botanical literature
PART THREE: ANNOTATED LIST OF PLANTS
	Signs and abbreviations
	Annotated list of plants
		Volume 1
		Volume 2
		Volume 3
		Volume 4
		Volume 5
		Volume 6
		Volume 7
		Volume 8
		Volume 9
		Volume 10
		Volume 11
		Volume 12
Appendices
Map of Malabar
Literature
Index of persons
Index of geographical names
Index of plant names
Index of animal names
Index of ship names