Schouten has opened an unknown route, but …
Years: 1616 - 1616
Schouten has opened an unknown route, but the VOC claims infringement of its monopoly of trade to the Spice Islands.
He is arrested (and later released) and his remaining ship confiscated in Java.
Locations
Groups
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company")
