Later the post became the center of Dutch trade between China, Japan and Europe.

Extensive Dutch trade in the 17th century led to the rise of the first middle class.

His orders were to protect Dutch trade.

"The Dunkirkers", would continue to prey on Dutch and English trade.

It was a 17th-century port for French, British and Dutch trade.

There was a period in the 17th century, where Dutch trade, science and art were among the most advanced in Europe.

In these years the scale of the Dutch intra-Asian trade went unrivalled.

The collapse of Dutch trade caused a series of economic crises.

"I'm writing my dissertation on Dutch trade in the seventeenth century."

However, already in 1803 it started to choke off the remaining Dutch trade.