The Cradle of ColonialismHow the Dutch initiated colonialism in Southeast Asia. |
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... sail . Drake was an intrepid seafarer who had made a great name for himself in his voyage around the world . On the coast of Chile and Peru he had managed to rob the Spanish of an amazing amount of treasure . After sailing as far north ...
... sail . Drake was an intrepid seafarer who had made a great name for himself in his voyage around the world . On the coast of Chile and Peru he had managed to rob the Spanish of an amazing amount of treasure . After sailing as far north ...
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... sail to Sumatra to get it . On this mission , Pieter Keyzer died in the Sunda Strait , " by which the Company suffered a great loss . " 16 Indeed it was . His astronomical observations proved to be of great value , and Von Humboldt ...
... sail to Sumatra to get it . On this mission , Pieter Keyzer died in the Sunda Strait , " by which the Company suffered a great loss . " 16 Indeed it was . His astronomical observations proved to be of great value , and Von Humboldt ...
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... sail for the East Indies and , with the help of the Sultan of Johore , try to seize the town of Malacca . Finally he should sail for the Moluccas at the far eastern end of the archipelago and destroy the Spanish , who were causing con ...
... sail for the East Indies and , with the help of the Sultan of Johore , try to seize the town of Malacca . Finally he should sail for the Moluccas at the far eastern end of the archipelago and destroy the Spanish , who were causing con ...
Contents
The Land and the People | 3 |
The Sea | 8 |
The Sea Lanes Become Longer | 16 |
Copyright | |
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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