Matlieff, Cornelis, 21

Matsumae, 35, 47, 232

Matsuura, 55, 71, 154, 168–169, 231

Shigenobu, 88

Maurits (Stadhouder), 17, 27, 58, 239

Mediterranean, 12–13, 111, 135

mercury, 30, 97, 102–103

Mexico. See Nova España

Middelburg, 40, 17–18

middlemen, 4, 73, 118, 122, 126, 158, 174, 197, 199, 204, 209

mines, 1, 4, 11, 29, 97–11, 128, 133–134, 161, 185, 309

mineshafts, 104, 134

Ming, 11, 24, 53–59, 85–86, 106, 116–118, 125–126, 143–147, 157–158, 172, 174, 176, 179, 184, 196–200, 211, 234, 240

Mori, 55, 98–100

Murayama Toan, 145, 180

Muromachi, 9, 59, 87, 120

Nabeshima, 55

Nagasaki, 3, 9, 12, 23, 28, 30, 33, 35, 49, 53, 55, 62–65, 67, 72–77, 115, 117–118, 120, 122–124, 127, 131, 142, 144–145, 153, 155, 159, 169, 174–176, 192, 194, 197, 199–200, 207, 208, 210–211, 213–215, 225, 228–234, 240–241, 245

Nagasaki bugyo,, 45, 89, 188, 30, 53, 63, 75, 129, 153–154, 196, 200, 243

Nagasaki-ki,, 129

Naito, 32

Nakatsu Masaie, 100

Nan Chu-i, 147

Neck, Jacob van, 17

nihonmachi, 10, 56, 69, 70–73, 77, 207

Nikko, 80, 122, 156

Nishi, 62

Nova España, 11, 59, 109

Mexico, 29, 103, 107, 110, 309

Nuijts, Pieter, 77, 80, 150–157, 181–185, 230

Nuijts Affair, 92–93, 149–157

Oda Nobunaga, 52, 99, 144, 184

Ogura, 266

Okubo Nagayasu, 103–104

Oldenbarneveld, Johan van, 17

ōmetsuke. See also Inoue Chikugo no Kami Masashige, 251

Omura, 71, 94

opperhoofd (chief merchant),, 118, 196, 200, 202, 210–211, 217–218

Orandafusetsugaki,, 30

Osaka, 28, 44, 162, 164, 196

attack on, 33, 80–81, 105, 145, 200

Otomo, 32

Ouchi, 99

Overwater, Pieter, 211, 225, 227

pancado. See also Itowappu Nakama, 128, 139

Patani, 27, 51–52, 56, 68, 87, 120

pepper, 15, 20, 71, 113, 213, 215, 237

Persia, 42, 113, 127, 141, 166, 174–175, 191, 201–206, 212, 226–227, 230, 243–244

Pescadores, 24, 116, 147, 196, 198

Philippines, 10–11, 41, 50, 59, 61, 70, 87, 109, 120, 148, 158, 179, 194, 199

Phillip II, 15, 58, 74, 92