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The 111 pages that link to Dutch East India Company, each with the reason it gives.

• Dutch East IndiesRelated: Its trading empire established Dutch power in the archipelago before colonial rule passed to the state.

• Spice tradeRelated: It built a powerful monopoly over parts of the Asian spice trade.

• Dutch Golden AgeRelated: Its state-backed monopoly joined private investment to overseas trade and conquest.

• AmsterdamRelated: Its Amsterdam headquarters linked the city to global maritime trade and finance.

• JavaRelated: Its rule expanded Dutch power on Java and established Batavia, now Jakarta, as a colonial center.

• SumatraRelated: Its commercial and political expansion helped bring Sumatra under Dutch colonial control.

• Cape ColonyRelated: It founded the Cape settlement in 1652 to supply ships traveling between Europe and Asia.

• SakokuRelated: Its merchants retained a restricted trading presence at Dejima.

• Dutch Golden Age paintingRelated: Global trade helped create wealth and imported goods that entered Dutch interiors and still lifes.

• NetherlandsRelated: It became a central instrument of Dutch trade and colonial expansion.

• Age of SailRelated: Its armed merchant fleet helped the Dutch build a maritime trading empire.

• SulawesiRelated: Its conflicts and treaties reshaped power around South Sulawesi and the wider island.

• Hugo GrotiusRelated: A dispute involving the company prompted the argument later published as Mare Liberum.

• Black pepperRelated: It competed for control of Asian spice commerce, including pepper.

• Abel TasmanRelated: The company commissioned Tasman’s expeditions to explore routes and lands east of its Asian headquarters.

• Dutch–Portuguese WarRelated: It organized Dutch attacks on Portuguese strongholds and trade across Asia.

• VanitasRelated: Global trade brought luxury goods into Dutch homes and paintings, where they could signify both wealth and vanity.

• CinnamonRelated: It sought control over the cinnamon trade in Sri Lanka.

• Portuguese TimorRelated: Dutch expansion in the region helped establish the colonial rivalry that divided Timor.

• Terra AustralisRelated: Its voyages gathered observations that progressively constrained the imagined continent’s possible extent.

• Aceh SultanateRelated: Dutch expansion eventually challenged Aceh’s autonomy and reshaped trade in the region.

• Anglo-Dutch WarsRelated: Its commercial reach embodied the Dutch trading power England sought to contest.

• Dutch Cape ColonyRelated: It founded the Cape settlement and administered the colony for most of its existence.

• Dutch FormosaRelated: The company governed the colony, controlled its trade, and defended its Taiwan strongholds.

• FloresRelated: Its expansion into the region preceded later Dutch colonial control of Flores.

• Second Anglo-Dutch WarRelated: Its commercial reach formed part of the maritime rivalry England sought to challenge.

• BataviaRelated: The Company founded Batavia and used it to direct its Asian trade and territorial administration.

• Cape TownRelated: Its 1652 refreshment station grew into the colonial settlement that became Cape Town.

• Maluku IslandsRelated: The company used treaties, forts, and force to dominate Maluku's spice production.

• Chinese ceramicsRelated: Its shipping helped bring Chinese porcelain into European homes and collections.

• Dutch CeylonRelated: It governed the colony and pursued its profitable cinnamon trade.

• Johor SultanateRelated: Its alliance with Johor against Portugal reshaped regional control of Melaka and trade.

• Petrus PlanciusRelated: Plancius advised the commercial and navigational enterprise that sent Dutch ships to Asia.

• SpiceRelated: Its coercive control of clove and nutmeg production made spices central to its commercial empire.

• Henry HudsonRelated: It employed Hudson in 1609 to seek a northeast passage to Asia.

• Shimabara RebellionRelated: Dutch trade remained permitted while Portuguese access was curtailed.

• Ship of the lineRelated: Dutch maritime competition helped spur investment in fleets and naval shipbuilding.

• WindmillRelated: Wind-powered sawmills accelerated shipbuilding that supported Dutch maritime commerce.

• Banda SeaRelated: Its campaigns in the Banda Islands transformed the history of the sea’s communities.

• Chinese export porcelainRelated: Its shipments helped make Chinese porcelain widely available in European markets.

• DelftRelated: Its trade brought Chinese porcelain to the Dutch market that Delft potters sought to serve.

• European exploration of AustraliaRelated: Its ships and trade network enabled early Dutch voyages along Australia’s western and northern coasts.

• First Anglo-Dutch WarRelated: Its commercial power exemplified the Dutch maritime system English policy sought to challenge.

• Mataram SultanateRelated: Its Batavia stronghold became Mataram’s principal military and diplomatic rival.

• NutmegRelated: The company sought control over the Banda nutmeg trade through conquest and monopoly.

• Robben IslandRelated: Its Cape settlement began colonial administration that later used the island for confinement.

• Willem BarentszRelated: Barentsz's expeditions preceded the company and the Dutch trading empire it helped organize.

• AfrikanersRelated: It founded the Cape settlement that brought Dutch-speaking settlers to southern Africa.

• CloveRelated: It sought control over clove production and trade in the Maluku Islands.

• County of HollandRelated: Its Amsterdam chamber drew on Holland’s commercial wealth and political influence.