Download or read book Hugo Grotius, the Portuguese, and Free Trade in the East Indies written by Peter Borschberg and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the background to the treatises, their content and significance, and what Grotius actually knew about Southeast Asian polities or Portuguese institutions of trade and diplomacy when he wrote them. --