The Cradle of ColonialismHow the Dutch initiated colonialism in Southeast Asia. |
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... took pity on the young Viking and , accompanied by a dog , took him away in his fishing boat . A storm drove them south until they reached a bit of dry land at the mouth of a river , later known as the Amstel . From this modest ...
... took pity on the young Viking and , accompanied by a dog , took him away in his fishing boat . A storm drove them south until they reached a bit of dry land at the mouth of a river , later known as the Amstel . From this modest ...
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... took it upon himself to open the sealed orders from the directors to the Ships ' Council , indicating who should succeed a deceased skipper . Pieter Keyzer was the man designated , but the Council was so incensed at Beuningen's ...
... took it upon himself to open the sealed orders from the directors to the Ships ' Council , indicating who should succeed a deceased skipper . Pieter Keyzer was the man designated , but the Council was so incensed at Beuningen's ...
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... took eight months before they were able to obtain a full cargo for both ships . The shrewd Bantamese merchants took advantage of their predicament by making them pay an exorbitant price . Both Zealand ventures had not come up to ...
... took eight months before they were able to obtain a full cargo for both ships . The shrewd Bantamese merchants took advantage of their predicament by making them pay an exorbitant price . Both Zealand ventures had not come up to ...
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