The world in a nutshell: a historical archaeology of early modern entanglement in Scandinavia and India studied through the life course of the Danish nobleman Ove Gjedde, 1594–1660

• Jonas M. Nordin ^[1]
  1. [1] National Museum of Antiquities; Stockholm: Sweden
• Localización: Post-medieval archaeology, ISSN 0079-4236, Vol. 50, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 244-263
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El mundo en una cáscara de nuez: una arqueología histórica de la época temprano-moderna entre Escandinavia e India vista a través de la vida del noble danés Ove Gjedde
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    En 1620 la colonia danesa de Tranquebar, en la costa de Coromandel en la India, fue fundada por una expedición montada por la corona danesa y la Compañía danesa de las Indias Orientales, bajo el mando del noble danés Ove Gjedde. Gjedde regresó pronto a Dinamarca, pero las experiencias adquiridas en la colonia fueron vitales para su futura carrera como militar, funcionario e industrial.

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    In 1620, the Danish colony of Tranquebar, on the Coromandel Coast in India, was founded by an expedition jointly mounted by the Danish Crown and the Danish East India Company, under the command of the Danish nobleman Ove Gjedde. Gjedde soon went back to Denmark, but the experiences gained in the colony proved important for his future career as a military man, civil servant and industrialist. The purpose of the article is to study the form of entanglement between people, places and things, provided through early modern globalization. This is done through a biographical analysis of the life, things and actions of, and related to, Ove Gjedde. The article suggests that the actions of Gjedde should be understood and interpreted in a global context showing the role of Scandinavia in early modern globalization. This study focuses on material culture as well as people in order to capture change, development and power relations between people and between people and things. The subjects and objects — human and non-human — are seen in this study as equally important in promoting change and development.