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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... trade left the Texel on 2 April , 1595. The owners were a group of Amsterdam merchants who had formed a company for Indian trade in 1592. The Netherlands had long been a most important centre for the European trade in the produce of the ...
... trade left the Texel on 2 April , 1595. The owners were a group of Amsterdam merchants who had formed a company for Indian trade in 1592. The Netherlands had long been a most important centre for the European trade in the produce of the ...
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... trade which had been opened up with the Red Sea ports and in Persia . These trade developments led to trouble ; the first with the Surat merchants who had so long enjoyed this commerce ; and the second with the Portuguese , who , if now ...
... trade which had been opened up with the Red Sea ports and in Persia . These trade developments led to trouble ; the first with the Surat merchants who had so long enjoyed this commerce ; and the second with the Portuguese , who , if now ...
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... trade , both outwards and homewards , was the competition of goods brought out or taken home by its own servants . For some time attempts were made to suppress this private trade by requiring the factors and ships ' officers to sign ...
... trade , both outwards and homewards , was the competition of goods brought out or taken home by its own servants . For some time attempts were made to suppress this private trade by requiring the factors and ships ' officers to sign ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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