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Dutch Trade Route
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Dutch East India Company - issuing bonds to people who lend the government money and give back 6% interest. This concluded in a huge capital that was available for the Dutch to proceed their plan in widening their territory and expand their trading routes. This often happend with violence but was only possible due to sovereign powers, the ability to wage war and having it's own currency. This resulted in the Netherlands being in better financial shape than any other European coutry at that time.
ASIA
Columbian exchange and Dutch power
Japan - 1638 the Dutch take over the trade between Portugal and Japan, which results in tension between Dutch and Portugese. The Dutch government is now the only European country that trades in Japan. Mainly silver, gold and copper are goods that arrive in the Netehrlands. This increases the worth and wealth of the Dutch government in the World trade.
Later on, when Columbian exchange is discovered, then Dutch started trading with Americans. Furthermore most be said that tensions formed due to attacks on Spanish and Portugese settlements, which lead to early world wars from 1602-1663. The VOC's success is thanks to the governmental support and centralization. The Dutch route dominated in world trade for 50 years, including capitalism, technology and violence
South-East Asia
1595 the Amsterdam Creation investment "Company of far lands" was founded which published a report that dreamed of wealth and spices from South-East Asia. Batavia becomes the most important port as it is the VOC capital.
AFRICA
Influence in East India
1601 the Dutch monopolized the East Indie trade for cotton and spices. The province accepted a single entity to monopolize the East Indie trade
Dutch & Slavery
The Dutch participated in slave trading in the Middle of the 17th century. By that time many countries had already seized control of certain parts in Africa but settling in Afrika was an easy act for the Dutch due to major investment of the Dutch government into army.
Dutch and Indonesia
1612, Jan Pieterzoon Coen is the dominant force in the Dutch Indonesian trading route. His idea was to build permanent bases in Indonesia which shifted the VOC policies towards violence and monoplization. Initially the spices were gained through trading but with the new VOC policies and exclusive "Trade agreements" Indonesia is forced to ship & produce spices only for the Dutch. Contol over Indonesia changes to Dutch Colonialization.