The Cradle of ColonialismHow the Dutch initiated colonialism in Southeast Asia. |
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... Italy maintained branches there . From them the Dutch learned the use of new techniques for trading : bank drafts and Italian bookkeeping . The first made it possible for a merchant to pay for merchandise far from his own counting house ...
... Italy maintained branches there . From them the Dutch learned the use of new techniques for trading : bank drafts and Italian bookkeeping . The first made it possible for a merchant to pay for merchandise far from his own counting house ...
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... Italy , where he had lived for twelve years.8 As far as is known , these two works were the only ones avail- able in their field for some time , but towards the end of the cen- tury there were many more . When Elcius Mellema , the son ...
... Italy , where he had lived for twelve years.8 As far as is known , these two works were the only ones avail- able in their field for some time , but towards the end of the cen- tury there were many more . When Elcius Mellema , the son ...
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... Italy in 1586. He had prospered in this trade , especially after crop failures in Italy had caused a greatly increased demand for Baltic grains , which he and other Hoorn merchants were only too willing to fill . This Reynier van Twisk ...
... Italy in 1586. He had prospered in this trade , especially after crop failures in Italy had caused a greatly increased demand for Baltic grains , which he and other Hoorn merchants were only too willing to fill . This Reynier van Twisk ...
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The Land and the People | 3 |
The Sea | 8 |
The Sea Lanes Become Longer | 16 |
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