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

• DejimaRelated: Its agents ran the Dutch trading post on Dejima.

• Flying DutchmanRelated: Its historic voyages help explain the legend’s Dutch maritime setting.

• RangakuRelated: Its Japan trade maintained the contacts through which European books and instruments entered the country.

• Javanese peopleRelated: Its expansion on Java altered political authority and labor systems in Javanese societies.

• Michiel de RuyterRelated: De Ruyter served the company at sea before becoming a leading commander of the Dutch Republic.

• Tulip maniaRelated: Its shares offer a contrasting case of long-lived financial speculation in the Dutch Republic.

• Jan van RiebeeckRelated: The company appointed van Riebeeck to establish and manage the Cape station.

• Johannes VermeerRelated: Global commerce helped bring luxury goods and pigments into the urban culture surrounding Vermeer’s patrons.

• SemarangRelated: The company established colonial influence in Semarang and helped make it a regional trading center.

• History of coffeeRelated: Its networks helped establish coffee cultivation in Java and expand European supply.

• JingdezhenRelated: Its ships carried Chinese porcelain, including Jingdezhen wares, into European markets.

• Molucca SeaRelated: Its campaigns to control the spice trade reshaped the region’s maritime history.

• North SulawesiRelated: Its trade and alliances shaped colonial influence in northern Sulawesi.

• South SulawesiRelated: Its campaigns and treaties reshaped southern Sulawesi’s kingdoms and trade.

• Sultanate of TernateRelated: The company displaced Portuguese influence and later imposed its authority over Ternate’s trade.

• BanjarmasinRelated: Its commercial and political involvement shaped colonial-era Banjarmasin.

• Fourth Anglo-Dutch WarRelated: British attacks on its shipping and settlements made the company a central target.

• Jacob RoggeveenRelated: Its commercial system and ships made Roggeveen’s expedition possible.

• Spanish FormosaRelated: Its commercial and military expansion brought Dutch forces into conflict with Spain in Taiwan.

• Aizuri-eRelated: European trade routes helped bring Prussian blue to Japan.

• Anthony van DiemenRelated: Van Diemen governed the company’s Asian territories and directed its expansion.

• Cape LeeuwinRelated: The cape’s name is associated with the Dutch ship Leeuwin, linked to the company’s voyages.

• History of IndonesiaRelated: Its commercial empire laid foundations for Dutch political control in Indonesia.

• Marthanda VarmaRelated: Its defeat at Colachel weakened its influence in the region during Marthanda Varma’s expansion.

• Rachel RuyschRelated: Global trade brought unfamiliar plants and luxury goods into the collecting culture surrounding flower painting.

• South SumatraRelated: Its expansion into Palembang shaped the colonial history of South Sumatra.

• Sultanate of GowaRelated: The company sought a monopoly over the spice trade and became Gowa’s principal European adversary.

• West JavaRelated: Its expansion established Dutch power in western Java and around Batavia.

• Culture of the NetherlandsRelated: Its global trade connected Dutch society to Asian goods, labor, and colonial power.

• History of AmsterdamRelated: Its Amsterdam chamber concentrated investment and directed much overseas commerce.

• History of Cape TownRelated: Its officials founded the Cape settlement as a supply station for ships traveling to Asia.

• History of JakartaRelated: Its conquest of Jayakarta created the Dutch colonial city of Batavia.

• Hoorn IslandsRelated: Dutch navigators Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten named the Hoorn Islands in 1616.

• Japanese pottery and porcelainRelated: Its trade helped distribute Japanese porcelain to Europe.

• PenghuRelated: Dutch forces occupied Penghu briefly in the early seventeenth century.

• Seram IslandRelated: Its expansion in the Moluccas affected the political order surrounding Seram.

• Sultan Agung of MataramRelated: The company was the principal Dutch adversary in Sultan Agung's campaigns.

• Virji VoraRelated: Dutch traders in Surat operated within the commercial network Vora helped supply.

• VolansRelated: The voyages that prompted southern-star observations grew from Dutch maritime expansion in Asia.