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VOC maritime routes and shipbuilding innovations (1600–1700)

VOC maritime routes and shipbuilding innovations (1600–1700)

  1. Wind-powered sawmill boosts timber processing

    Labels: Cornelis Corneliszoon, Wind sawmill

  2. Fluyt cargo-ship design spreads in Dutch trade

    Labels: Fluyt, Dutch merchant

  3. Dutch States-General charters the VOC

    Labels: States-General, VOC

  4. VOC establishes first permanent post at Banten

    Labels: Banten, VOC trading

  5. Oost-Indisch Huis completed as VOC hub

    Labels: Oost-Indisch Huis, VOC headquarters

  6. Hendrik Brouwer pioneers the “Brouwer Route”

    Labels: Hendrik Brouwer, Brouwer Route

  7. VOC mandates southern-route sailing instructions

    Labels: VOC sailing, Brouwer Route

  8. Coen founds Batavia as VOC Asian capital

    Labels: Jan Pieterszoon, Batavia

  9. Batavia formally named in VOC ceremony

    Labels: Batavia, naming ceremony

  10. Batavia (retourschip) built for Europe–Asia route

    Labels: Batavia ship, Retourschip

  11. Batavia wreck highlights Brouwer Route risks

    Labels: Batavia wreck, Brouwer Route

  12. Cape refreshment station founded to support VOC routes

    Labels: Cape refreshment, Jan van

  13. Ridderschap van Holland built as late-century retourschip

    Labels: Ridderschap van, Retourschip