The Compagnie van Verre sent a four-ship expedition under Cornelis de Houtman toward the Indonesian archipelago. Dutch merchants aimed to enter the Asian spice trade, then dominated by Portuguese power and already sustained by Asian commercial networks. This voyage began a Dutch commercial and imperial project; it was not an “age of discovery” of lands already connected to regional trade.
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What was the main purpose of the 1595 Dutch expedition led by Cornelis de Houtman?
The first Dutch Asian expedition entered trade routes that already connected Asian ports and merchants.
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The voyage was an attempt to enter existing networks, not discover an empty trading world.