Browsing by Subject "Dutch East India Company"
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(2009-05-15)Batavia, a Dutch East Indiaman, sank in 1629 on its maiden voyage to the Indies in the Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. The ship gained notoriety for the mutiny and horrific massacre that ...
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(2014-04-17)During the 17th and 18th centuries the Dutch East India Company or Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (henceforth the VOC or the Company) maintained its presence as a power of trade in Asia by establishing footholds and ...