00:00 Introduction
00:42 Banda before the Dutch
04:00 Initial contact
06:45 The death of Verhoeff
09:00 Conflict
11:23 Jan Pieterszoon Coen
12:40 Treaty with England
14:30 J.P. Coen goes to Banda
Part 1: How the Dutch Republic arrived on the Banda islands and why it wanted to conquer the islands.
In the early 17th century, the Dutch Republic fought for her independence against the Spanish empire. At the same time, it tried to create a worldwide empire of trade itself by means of the East India Company (VOC). Crucially, it tried to gain a foothold in the lucrative trade in spices.
The Banda islands were special because they were the only source of the highly demanded (and expensive) spices nutmeg and mace. That's why the Portuguese and later the Dutch tried to secure a monopoly on the trade in those spices. That was difficult, because the Bandanese knew the value of their goods perfectly well and did not want to be told what to do by others.
However, with the arrival of the Dutch, the Bandanese soon found themselves in a violent nightmare, which ended tragically for them when Jan Pieterszoon Coen came to Banda to settle the matter for the VOC.
While the Dutch Republic itself struggled against an empire, it started to build one itself, with all concomitant violence and profit.
Music:
Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod
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Firebrand by Kevin MacLeod
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Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod
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Organic Meditations One by Kevin MacLeod
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Stormfront by Kevin MacLeod
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Grundar by Alexander Nakarada
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