The Dutch East India Company
In Our Time: History
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Did the Dutch Have the Advantage and Galbart?
The british easten company was starting. It had been founded in 16 hudrod two years before, but it wasn't doing anything like as well. The maritime er sector at the time is different. The dutch initially start off a ot with a loter, more shipping, much more skill. And then overtime, eventually that situation reverses. But in the beginning, the dutch have the advantage and galbart. So we basically got ships from western european countries going to asia,. very perilous, as you indicated, round the cape of good hope. They were bringingbng stuff back to europe, but they were also trading within asia s itself
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