The Cradle of ColonialismHow the Dutch initiated colonialism in Southeast Asia. |
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... Europe could be reached . Their multiple delta also happened to be lo- cated half way between Scandinavia and the Baltic in the north and the countries of southwestern Europe . Due west , across the narrow sea , lay England and Scotland ...
... Europe could be reached . Their multiple delta also happened to be lo- cated half way between Scandinavia and the Baltic in the north and the countries of southwestern Europe . Due west , across the narrow sea , lay England and Scotland ...
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... Europe developed to greater proportion . Both Holland and Zealand were to benefit from a geographic location that placed them halfway between northern and southern Europe , but Amsterdam was especially favored . From its protected site ...
... Europe developed to greater proportion . Both Holland and Zealand were to benefit from a geographic location that placed them halfway between northern and southern Europe , but Amsterdam was especially favored . From its protected site ...
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... Europe had come into contact was by no means a backward continent in the sense that Africa or Australia was . Civilization had had its origin in the lands border- ing the eastern Mediterranean , the fertile crescent , but China had not ...
... Europe had come into contact was by no means a backward continent in the sense that Africa or Australia was . Civilization had had its origin in the lands border- ing the eastern Mediterranean , the fertile crescent , but China had not ...
Contents
The Land and the People | 3 |
The Sea | 8 |
The Sea Lanes Become Longer | 16 |
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Achin Admiral Agung Amboyna Amsterdam Amsterdam merchants arrived Asia attack Baltic Banda Bandanese Bantam Batavia became burghers Cape capital cargo century China cloves coast Coen's Company's Cornelis Houtman council crew demanded directors Djakarta Documents Dutch Company Dutch ships East India Company empire enemy England English Company Enkhuizen established Europe fleet force Geschiedenis governor guilders Hague Heemskerck History Holland Hoorn Houtman Ibid important Indies Indonesian Jan Coen Jan Pieterszoon Coen Japan Java Javanese Johan van Oldebarnevelt John Jourdain Jonge king land Laurens Reael Lemaire letter Linschoten London Lowlands Madjapahit Malacca Mataram Moluccas monopoly Moucheron native Nederlanders Netherlands Oldebarnevelt Opkomst Pangeran pany pepper Petrus Plancius Pieter Plancius ports Portuguese profits proved reached Reael route rulers sail sent Seventeen skipper Spain Spanish Spice Islands Strait Sultan Sumatra Ternate Tidore tion town trade treaty United Company venture Verhoef vessels vols voyage waters Widjaja Krama wrote Zealand Zuiderzee