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Dutch Trading Posts in Java
Around 1597 Dutch merchants gradually set up temporary trading posts and purchasing networks in northern Java and Madura, continuing the route opened…
Timeline
- 1597Cirebon · JavaAfter contact with Banten, Dutch crews and resident agents purchased pepper at Cirebon and other points along Java's north coast, establishing preliminary commercial ties with local chiefs and developing a pattern of seasonal anchorage and spot trading.
- 1597–1598Madura Island · JavaThe Dutch established temporary storage and trading points on Madura and other islands, leaving a few agents to purchase spices; though lacking stone factories and armed forts, these already resembled trading posts and set a precedent for the later Dutch factory system.
- 1597Amsterdam · NetherlandsReturning ships from the first voyage brought back information on Java's port geography, prices, and politics, convincing Amsterdam merchants that a more solid trading presence could be established in Java and directly spurring preparations for the second expedition of 1598 and the company's reorganization.
Sources
- Asian Trade and European Influence in the Indonesian Archipelago between 1500 and about 1630 — M. A. P. Meilink-Roelofsz (1962)
- The Dutch Seaborne Empire 1600-1800 — J. C. van Deurzen (1990)