Dutch opium commerce on Java has fostered…

1792 CE to 1803 CE

Dutch opium commerce on Java has fostered both a vast state enterprise and a large illicit traffic.

The Dutch East India Company, or VOC, having developed a large clientele of native Javanese opium smokers, has imported an average of fifty-six tons of opium annually from 1640 to 1799.

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Batavia > Jakarta Jakarta Raya Indonesia View →

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Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → Dutch East India Company in Indonesia View → Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company") View →

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Colonization of Asia, Dutch View →

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