HIST103: World History in the Early Modern and Modern Eras (1600–Present)

1.2.1: Trade Networks and State Monopolies

• Gresham College: Thomas Crump's "The Dutch East Indies Company" URL

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  • The First 100 Years
  • The Second 100 Years

  Listen to these lectures. As you listen to the first lecture on the first 100 years, think about the political and religious factors that led to the creation of the Dutch East Indies Company in the 1600s. How did the firm represent an effort by Northern Europeans to challenge the economic and political power of Portugal and Spain? As you listen to the second lecture on the second hundred years, think about the political and religious factors that led to the creation of the Dutch East Indies Company in the 1600s. How did the firm represent an effort by Northern Europeans to challenge the economic and political power of Portugal and Spain?