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The Dutch former Colonies |
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Vietnam |
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Dutch-settlement-on-Lawec-in-Cambodja-1663 |
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Tonkin, Factory from 1637 to 1699. Main
product: silk.
Faifo (now Hoi An), Factory from 1637 to 1652. Main products: silk,
gold.
Hanoi(1636-1699)* |
| Towards the end of the 1630s, the Company signed an agreement with
the king of Tonkin and opened a trading post in or near today's Hanoi.
The country was a major silk producer. The silk which the VOC bought
there was particularly valuable for trade with Japan. The VOC maintained
a trading post in Tonkin from 1636 to 1699. This trading post was run by
an 'opperhoofd' or supervisor. |
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Bay-on-the-coast-of--Vietnam-1753 |
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Cambodja |
Phnom Penh*
Laauweck(1620-1622,1667)*
The town of Lawec in Cambodia was situated halfway along the Mekong
River on the way to Phnom Penh. The VOC set up a trading post at Lauweck
in 1620, but the trade there proved disappointing, and just two years
later the company shut the post down. The Lawec trading post was
reopened on three further occasions, but in 1667 the VOC left Cambodia
for good. Besides deer hides and ray skins, Cambodia functioned mainly
as a source of provisions for Batavia such as rice, butter, salted pork,
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