The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Dutch Eastern Empire . In 1619 Coen conquered Jacatra and founded Batavia on its ruins . At the same time his ruth- less energy saved the Dutch from being superseded by the English , whose chances in the Archipelago were in the course ...
... Dutch Eastern Empire . In 1619 Coen conquered Jacatra and founded Batavia on its ruins . At the same time his ruth- less energy saved the Dutch from being superseded by the English , whose chances in the Archipelago were in the course ...
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... Dutch West India Company kept the war between the Dutch Republic and Portugal alive , and while the Portuguese were successful in Brazil , and could not make peace on account of that very success , they lost nearly all they had left in ...
... Dutch West India Company kept the war between the Dutch Republic and Portugal alive , and while the Portuguese were successful in Brazil , and could not make peace on account of that very success , they lost nearly all they had left in ...
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... Dutch Company , but the Dutch servants enjoyed a most lucrative though secret monopoly of the export of opium to Batavia ; and though this never appeared in the forefront of their disputes with the English , we may be sure that it was ...
... Dutch Company , but the Dutch servants enjoyed a most lucrative though secret monopoly of the export of opium to Batavia ; and though this never appeared in the forefront of their disputes with the English , we may be sure that it was ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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