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Bangkok.: White Lotus.. 2003.. Black and white photographic plates, contents, introduction, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, xlvii + 80pp, an excellent copy in paperback. First English translation of the book originally published in 1669 by Pieter Casteleyn, translation, annotation and introduction by Carool Kersten. This book describes a turbulent decade in the relations between the Dutch East India Company and Cambodia and also gives an account of the first recorded European venture into neighbouring Laos. Detailed descriptions are given of the situation at the Cambodian court, Dutch-Cambodian commercial relations and the intense rivalry of the Dutch and Portuguese. .