HISA04H3 Lecture Notes - Economic Bubble, Free Trade, Dutch Cape Colony
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Hisa04 themes in world history 1 week 9. Two small places on the map: isle de france (mauritius) & delft, holland. Why did the french spend so much time, effort and money to establish the colony of. Delft was not on the sea side, The dutch formed a company east india company? (voc: brought together the chamber of commerce from the 6 largest cities together, the center place for commerce. A symbol that became very well known because of the prominence of the company. The dutch east india company known as the voc. The spice islands (present day indonesia, particularly maluka islands) One of its success: monopolizing: wiped out spices in all others parts, so they would be the only ones able to access these products. When the dutch had it, they set up a fortress to protect it: there were canals to move ships in and out, as well of protections, there were also walls all around the city.
