08 Sep 2001

Atlas Mutual Heritage
Atlas Mutual Heritage (AMH), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Supplied note: "The Atlas Mutual Heritage (VOC settlements) is an expanding database [...] which deals with the VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, 1602-1800) heritage in Africa and Asia. The Atlas Mutual Heritage is the result of an intensive co-operation between the Algemeen Rijksarchief, the Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. [...] In its current form the AMH (VOC settlements) comprises [...] an overview of locations (forts and outposts) in Africa and Asia established by the VOC in the 17th and 18th centuries [305 sites from Aden, Agra, Ahmadabad, and Ai to Waai, Waeputih, Weligama, Wetar, Wynberg, and Yala. - ed.] . [...and ] images of these locations that are contained in the collections of the Algemeen Rijksarchief, the Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg and the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. (Later versions will incorporate additional collections [and topics, such as overseas missions and expeditions - ed.]). In this first version the Atl as Mutual Heritage comprises ca. 2350 images: 335 paintings, drawings and prints, 473 manuscript charts and maps, 1542 photographs of overseas monuments in the West and in the East."
Site contents: The Atlas in General, Research Possibilities, Internal Arrangement of the System, Planning and Structure, Search the AHM Databank.
URL http://www.atlasmutualheritage.nl/
Link reported by: Geoff Wade (gwade@hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30