Dutch East India Company Shipbuilding: The Archaeological Study of Batavia and Other Seventeenth-Century VOC ShipsIn lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Abell, Westcott. The Shipwright's Trade. 1948. Reprint, London: Conway Maritime Press, 1981. Adams, Jonathan, André...
In East India Company PC game, players will enjoy building the World's most powerful trading empire and engaging in fierce battles in both single player and multiplayer modes, all within a breathtaking cinematic environment.
Throughout the 17th century they had to be prepared at any moment to fight not merely Malay pirates, but the armed trading vessels of their Dutch, French and Portuguese rivals. Many such battles are recorded in the history of the East India Company, and usually with successful results. It ...
Nearly all tea consumed in early modern Europe came from China. Most of it was black tea, made from the tea leaves which had been withered, rolled, aired and roasted before being packed into lead-lined chests and loaded onto East India company ships. Tog
In East India Company PC game, players will enjoy building the World's most powerful trading empire and engaging in fierce battles in both single player and multiplayer modes, all within a breathtaking cinematic environment.
In 1652 the Dutch East India Company also established an outpost at the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa to provide supplies to ships sailing to eastern Asia. Later this outpost became a colony called the Cape Colony. As the Dutch East India Company continued to expand, trading posts wer...
The VOC actually stands for the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or The United East India Company. It was founded March 20, 1602 as a result of the joining of forces of several small Dutch trading companies, all having the common goal of increasing trade with the East Indies. The Dutch had...
conservation revealed a draft of the trunk route that runs from Nagasaki to Vietnam (). This particular route saw heavy traffic in the early seventeenth century from Japanese Red Seal ships as well as Chinese merchants, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the English East India Company.4...
Trade exotic goods, command fleets, and dominate 17th-century seas. This blend of real-time strategy and naval warfare lets you build a trading empire across Europe and Asia. Strategize trade routes, engage in epic naval battles, and expand your influenc
See the World: There are few better ways to see as much of the unexplored globe. The Company has extensive trade routes, fine captains for their well-built ships (referred to as 'East Indiamen' even if they are owned by one of the other Companies) and is even rumoured to have morees...