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Page 178
... expected . To be sure , the Company promised to pay dividends , but at the same time they saw their shares drop to almost half of what they had paid for them . It is natural that they blamed the directors for their plight . The clause ...
... expected . To be sure , the Company promised to pay dividends , but at the same time they saw their shares drop to almost half of what they had paid for them . It is natural that they blamed the directors for their plight . The clause ...
Page 257
... expected in the ensuing months . The capture of these caracks might pay for the costly delay in having two ships tied up for what was no more than a grandiose gesture . At this point the two young men , Jacques Specx and Jan Coen ...
... expected in the ensuing months . The capture of these caracks might pay for the costly delay in having two ships tied up for what was no more than a grandiose gesture . At this point the two young men , Jacques Specx and Jan Coen ...
Page 370
... expected , Widjaja Krama sent an urgent appeal to the English ; Jourdain expressed the English policy in a letter written to Courthope on this occasion . " Now the King of Jacatra , seeing himself in a straite , sent a messenger to ...
... expected , Widjaja Krama sent an urgent appeal to the English ; Jourdain expressed the English policy in a letter written to Courthope on this occasion . " Now the King of Jacatra , seeing himself in a straite , sent a messenger to ...
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