HISTORY 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Jared Diamond, Agricultural Science, Industrial Revolution
1 Mar 2017
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Lecture 15: dutch empire to china and the needham question. Before the 16th century the dutch had been trading partners with the. Portuguese- dutch interested in african gold, portuguese in slave trade (complimentary) Dutch were dominating trade with africans- developed a trade company that had a monopoly on the african and american trades. Dutch had another trading company- voc, set up to provide a monopoly for trade in indian ocean, to indonesia. Engaged in conflicts with china, constant warfare and conflict in east indies. Profits were substantial enough for this to happen- conflict, piracy, pillage, control of trade (common theme) Transformation of dutch empire in late 19th century- even by 17th century, the s(cid:373)all dut(cid:272)h e(cid:373)pire (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t keep up (cid:449)ith other e(cid:373)pires. Dutch still managed to stay in indonesia until ww2 and japanese occupation of. The (cid:862)flora(cid:272)rats(cid:863)- green gold scientists of the dutch, british and french empires. Products from tropical plants; botanic science stops being amateur, acquires a business dimension.
