1620 ⟶ Anglo-Dutch Cooperation in Spice Trade
Diplomatic agreements in Europe commence a three-year period...
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🚢 Dutch Fleets Depart for Indonesia, Generating Profits
More Dutch fleets leave for Indonesia and most are profitable.Edo period screen depicting the Battle of Sekigahara⟶
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Indonesia🚢 Dutch Fleet Reaches the Spice Islands
March, Leaving Europe the previous year, a fleet of eight ships under Jacob van Neck was the first Dutch fleet to reach the ‘Spice Islands’ of Maluku.⟶
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NetherlandsIndonesia🚢 Dutch East India Company Establishes Trading Post in Ayutthaya
The Dutch East India Company establishes a settlement in Siamese Ayutthaya.⟶
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ThailandNetherlands💰 English Trading Posts Challenge Dutch East Indies Trade Monopoly
The English establish trading posts at Sukadana (southwest Kalimantan), Makassar, Jayakarta and Jepara in Java, and Aceh, Pariaman and Jambi in (Sumatra) threatening Dutch ambitions for a monopoly on East Indies trade.⟶
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United KingdomNetherlands🤝 Anglo-Dutch Cooperation in Spice Trade
Diplomatic agreements in Europe commence a three-year period of cooperation between the Dutch and the English over the spice trade.⟶
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NetherlandsUnited Kingdom🌿 Dutch Secure Nutmeg Monopoly with Treaty of Breda
As a result of the Treaty of Breda between Dutch and England, the Dutch secured a worldwide monopoly on nutmeg by forcing England to give up their claim on Run, the most remote of the Banda Islands.⟶
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