In 1601, The Dutch Received Permission
To Trade To Japan, But This Privilege Was Granted Under Several Very Strict
Conditions, Which Were, However, Relaxed In 1637, When They Discovered A
Conspiracy Of The Spaniards, The Object Of Which Was To Dethrone The
Emperor, And Seize The Government.
The jealousy of the Japanese, however,
soon revived; so that by the end of the seventeenth century, the lucrative
Commerce which the Dutch carried on with this island for fine tea,
porcelaine, lacquered or Japan ware, silk, cotton, drugs, coral, ivory,
diamonds, pearls, and other precious stones, gold, silver, fine copper,
iron, lead, and tin; and in exchange for linen, and woollen cloths,
looking-glasses, and other glass ware; and the merchandize of India,
Persia, and Arabia, was almost annihilated.
Before proceeding to narrate the events which arose from the arrival of the
English in the East Indies, and the effects produced on the Dutch power and
commerce there, by their arrival, it will be proper to take a short notice
of the commerce of the Dutch to the other parts of the world. As their
territories in Europe were small and extremely populous, they were in a
great measure dependent on foreign nations for the means of subsistence: in
exchange for these, they had few products of their manufactures to give.
The sources of their wealth, therefore, as well as of the means of their
existence, were derived from the exchange of their India commodities, and
from their acting as the great carriers of Europe.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 600 of 1007
Words from 163840 to 164092
of 273188
