Cornelis de Houtman
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title:
Cornelis de Houtman
text:
Cornelis de Houtman was a Dutch merchant seaman who commanded the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies. Although the voyage was difficult and yielded only a modest profit, Houtman showed that the Portuguese monopoly on the spice trade was vulnerable. A flurry of Dutch trading voyages followed, eventually leading to the displacement of the Portuguese and the establishment of a Dutch monopoly on spice trading in the East Indies.
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description:
Dutch explorer (1565–1599)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_de_Houtman
date created:
2002-10-18T21:43:22Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:21:52Z
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