INDEX.] 



Holland and the Dutch. 



1590 Many of their vefleU in fuch trade being taken 



by the Englifh.they iiiakelicavy complaints ii, 192 

 1595 After fome fruitlefs attempts for a northern paf- 

 fage to India, they fail to it by the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and make a good voyage 109 



1598-99 Three fleets fail for India - - 114 



2000 (hipsya;i/ to be built annually - 214 



1601 II They get much of the Mediterranean trade out 



of the hands of the Hanfards . 219 



— — Thirteen fliips fail for India ... 221 



1602 The Dutch Eaft-India company eftablifhed 226 



1603 Their voyages and tranfadlions in India - 233 

 Raleigh's (exaggerated) account of theircom- 



merce, fifhery, &c. - - 233 



1605 They fend ftrong fleets to India, and drive the 



Portuguefe out of the Moluccos, &c 24.4 



1608 Treaties with England . - 251 



1609 They pay for leave to tirti on the Britilh coaft 25a 

 — — A truce of 12 years with Spain - 252 



Ambaffadors from Japan /aid to come to the 



Dutch Eaft-India company — 100 Dutch 

 (hips at Guinea and Cape de Verd illands 257 



j6ti Their ambaffadors at Japan obtain advantage. 



ous terms of commerce - - 262 



— — They make a commercial treaty with Turkey 264 



16 1 2 They join the Hanfards in remonftrating againft 



the heavy toll on the Sound . 263 



1613 Woolen manulafture increafed — foreign woolen 



goods prohibited - - 274 



i6i4-i5They fend fliips of war to proteft their whale- 



fifhery ... 273, 282 



1615 They fend 35 (hips to Rudia and 100 to Turkey 279 



" — — - They exceed theEngli(h in (liipping trade 281 



Are faid to fend out 2,000 herring bulfes 282 



161S They get their debt to Engl, eafily difcharged 282 

 — — Their hoftilities againft the Englifh in India 283 

 16 17 Tliey fortify Goree - - 286 



161S Take a fleet of Spani(h galleons — fortify Batavia 291 

 1619 Peace between theDutch and Engli(h Eaft-India 



296 

 297 



3^5 

 308 

 3.6 



327 

 3 = 7 

 355 

 369 



1621 



1625 



1628 

 1631 



companies — immediately violated 239, 



They pofl"efs the beft ports of Borneo 

 They take St Salvador in Brazil, &.-C 

 • They eftablifh a Weft-India company 



1*22 And a whale-fi(hing company 

 1623 Eaft-India company's term is prolonged 



Weft- India company lucky in taking prizes 

 Dutch invade Brazil 



Eftablilh a manufacture of fine woolen cloth 

 Weft-India company divide 50 percent 

 Dutch take a large Spanilli fleet 

 1634 The intolerant bigotry of Laud drives 140 fami- 

 lies of woolen manufacturers from England 

 to Holland - - . 



Dutch expell the Portuguefe from Formofa 

 Their fifhing veffels attacked by the Engli(h — 



they agree to pay for leave to fifli 

 They take St George del Mina from Portugal 

 And alfo Malacca 



1 641 They get the Portuguefe expelled from Japan 



1642 They attack the Spaniards in Chill 



Eaft-India company's privilege renewed 



1647 They make peace with Spain 



J648 They have a great trade with Ruflia 

 1649 They farm the toll of the Sound 

 ;630 Their commerce now at its zenith 



'«35 



1637 

 1640 



1652 Eaft-India company f^id fo liaVt 30 cities irt 



India, and employ 250 (hips - ii, 444 



1654 After great lolfes they fuc for peace . 453 



Onadjufting their diftVrcnces with the Englifti 



Eaft-India company, they pay a balance 434 

 — — They get much of the trade of Spain, now at 



war with England - - 45! 



The Weft-India company exhauft their ftock in 



warlike expeditions . . 438 



1655-56 They interfere in the quarrels of the north- 

 ern powers . r - 460, 467 



Flourifhing ftateof theirtrade, tnanufa£lures,&C467 



Their largefl lirft-ratc (hips carry 76 guns 46S 



1657 Dutch faid to fettle in South America. . 472 



1660 They make an attack upon Goa . 49* 



1661 They make peace with Portugnl . 496 



1662 The Chinefe drive them from Formofa - 50S 



382 

 383 



387 

 395 

 413 

 417 

 4=3 

 425 

 432 

 435 

 437 

 439 

 440 



442 



5>7. 5'9. 520.5111 53" 

 5-0 



1664 War with England 



1665 Eaft-India company's term prolonged 



1666 Their colony at the Cape of Good Hope prof- 



pering - ... 529 



1669 The trade of France and Spain, and even their 



coafting trade carried on by Du'ch vetfels — 

 the trade of Holland much increafed 537, 53! 



Eftiniate of the number and employments of 



the people . . 539 



Cities increafing ... 539 



1670 Tlieir great progrefs in moft trades 544, 563 



Their great tilhery and navigation - 55* 



1672 Dutch attacked by England and France — their 



country over-run by the French — they pro- 

 pole to embark for Batavia — the arrogance 

 of Louis infpires dcfperate courage — they 

 drown the country — are aflifted by the era. 

 peror, &c - . . 564, 566 



1674 Peace, and immediately great trade with Eng- 

 land, Scotland and Ireland . 57i>573 



573 

 593 

 59+ 

 - 596 

 596 

 607 

 6o!t 

 616 



443 



444 



Their great national debt 

 — — Their (hipping fail cheaper than the Englifh 

 i6ji Theircarrying trade much affcfted by the Eng- 

 lifh navigation art 

 163 1 Their woolen manufadture very profperous — the 

 wool got moftly from Spain 



They fettle a colony at the Cape of Good Hope 444 



(Difcordant dates of this fettlement 451) 

 16 '12 War with England . - . 44, 



Vol, IV. ' 



— WeQ-India company's privilege renewed 



1678 Alliance with England againfl France 



Treaty with France 



1679 The Dutch tilhery Tery great 

 16S0 The Dutch acquire territory in Java 



1681 They are very powerful in India 



1682 And endeavour to expell all other nations 

 1684 Acquire many valuable people from France 



1688 Eaft-India company (aid to employ 200 "apital 



(hips, and have 30,000 men in pay O39 



1689 War with France, A;c ... 63S 

 1698 Eaft-India company's term prolonged . 70* 

 1701 Dutch have almoft all the carryinj; trade of 



France, andengrols the trade of ne north- 

 ern countries and Portugal - - 716 

 1703 Above a third of the Englifti exports are to 



Holland w . . . 728 



1711 National capital increafed S millions by the ac- 



ccflion of inhabitants - . iii,2! 



1717 Eaft-India company's term prolonged - 52 



i7i8[l Dutch (end 1000 or 1200 (hips annually to the 



Baltic . . . . 6j 



1720 They are in a fmall degree infe6tcd with the 



madnefs of the year ... 114 



They fend 251 lliips to the whale-filhery . 119 

 Eaft-India company's term prolonged . 147 



Cargoes of 10 (hips from India . . 157 



Ealt-India company prqfperous — Weft-India 



company decluiing ... 180 



Cargoesof 10 Eaft-India ftiips - . 183 



Cargoes of 22 Eaft-India (hips - . 204 



Trade on the coaft of G uinea laid open - 204 

 Lift of Dutch fettlcmenlb in India . 254 



Amount of excile paid by each town. Sec 262 



Dividends of Eaft and Welt India companies 320 

 Velfels employed in herring and Iceland liftieries 347 

 1765 Ample accuunl of tlie trade with Great Britain \^^ 



1721 

 1729 

 '73° 

 173^ 



1734 



