The Portuguese controlled trade shipping line between the East Indies (East Indonesia / Moluccas) to Europe for nearly a century. Spice trade made by the Portuguese is a very big influence on the Dutch. Moreover after the Dutch traders no longer allowed to conduct trade activities in the airport of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal).
So the Dutch traders found it difficult to obtain spices. Therefore, the Dutch merchants tried myself to seek and find the source of spices in the East. The Dutch started the voyage, in the year 1596 under the command of Cornelis de Houtman, a Dutch traders arrived in Indonesia in the town of Banten. From the airport Banten Dutch sailors continued his voyage to the east and they returned with spices in a considerable amount.
Since his success, the Dutch traders increasingly crowded come to Indonesia. This situation has led to competition among timublnya Dutch merchants themselves. To overcome the competition was the Dutch government to form joint enterprises or trade named Vereegnide Oost Indische Compagnie (VOC) is the communion of Commerce East Indies. East India Company was founded in 1602 is also more often referred to by the Indonesian people called "Kompeni Belanda".
VOC is a trade body of the Dutch traders who have the privileges of the Dutch royal government. Privileges held by the Company to encourage the more rapid trade conducted by the VOC. So that the position of the Portuguese traders increasingly desperate and eventually disappear from monopoly activities spice trade.
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