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🚢 First Dutch Expedition Sails for the East Indies
First Dutch expedition to Indonesia sets sail for the East Indies with two hundred and forty-nine men and sixty-four cannons led by Cornelis de Houtman.⟶

ExplorationColonialismDutch East India CompanyMaritimeTradeSpice TradeMaritime History


🚢 Dutch East India Company Establishes Trading Post in Ayutthaya
The Dutch East India Company establishes a settlement in Siamese Ayutthaya.⟶

Dutch East India CompanyAyutthayaTradeColonialismGlobalizationMercantilismSpice TradeEast Indies


🚢 Dutch East India Company Begins Operations in Timor
The Dutch East India Company makes its first forays into Timor.⟶

Dutch East India CompanyVOCColonialismSpice TradeTradeExplorationMercantilism


🏢 Dutch West India Company Establishes New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch West India Company in North America.⟶

ColonialismDutch EmpireMercantilismNorth American HistoryTradeNew YorkDutch West India Company


🚢 Dutch East India Company Establishes Cape Town
Cape Town founded by the Dutch East India Company in South Africa.⟶

ColonialismDutch East India CompanyTradeExplorationAtlantic Slave TradeEuropean ExpansionCape Colony


💰 Dutch East India Company Dissolved
Dutch East India Company is dissolved.⟶

ColonialismDutch EmpireTradeMercantilismGlobalizationSpice TradeVOCImperialismDecline of Empires



