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The first Dutch ship in East Indies, 1596, (c1870). Artist: Van Kesteren
The first Dutch ship in East Indies, 1596, (c1870). A four ship expedition commanded by Cornelis de Houtman arrived in Indonesia in June 1596. The expedition had been sent to try to secure a foothold for the Dutch in the lucrative spice trade dominated by the Portuguese, allies of Spain, with whom the Dutch United Provinces was at war. The Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870).
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AR976492
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Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4680px × 3750px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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16TH CENTURY
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Colonialism
concept
Cornelis de
Cornelis de Houtman
country
Dutch
dutch east indies
Engraving
Exploration
geographical feature
Geography
Gouw
History
Houtman
indonesia
J ter
J ter Gouw
J van
J van Lenner
Kesteren
Lenner
LOCATION
Monochrome
Navigation
Netherlands
Print Collector8
SAILING SHIP
Seascape
Ship
SHIPS
SIXTEENTH CENTURY
spice trade
TGN
The Netherlands, Topography
The Print Collector
TRADE
transport
TRANSPORTATION
Travel
VAN
van Kesteren
water transport
Willem Gruyter Jr;Gruyter
Willem Jr