DUTCH EMPIRE

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In the 1590s merchants from the young Dutch Republic started the first significant commercial ventures outside Europe. After one fleet had successfully rounded the Cape of Good Hope and returned from the East Indies with spices in 1597, companies trading with Asia shot up like mushrooms. Competition was so intense that the profit margin fell to a minimum, as the…

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