Question

Select the country that controlled each of the following ports in the Indian and Pacific Oceans during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Answer 1

Answer:

European countries like Britain, Netherlands and Portugal controlled important ports in the Indian and Pacific oceans during the 16th and 17th century.

Explanation:

During the the 16th and 17th centuries, the countries that controlled the following ports in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are as follows:

Hormuz - Portugal.

Bombay - Portugal

Goa - Portugal

Malacca - Portugal

Singapore - The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

Borneo - North was controlled by Great Britain(British East India Company) while South was controlled by The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

Hong-Kong - Great Britain(British East India Company)

Taiwan(Formosa) - The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

Answer 2

The country that controlled ports in the Indian and Pacific Oceans during the 16th and 17th centuries were Britain, Dutch and Portugal.

Bombay - Portugal

Goa - Portugal

Hormuz - Portugal    

Borneo - Great Britain (British East India Company) and the Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

Malacca - Portugal

Singapore - The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

Hong-Kong - Great Britain(British East India Company)

Taiwan (Formosa) - The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

Nagsaki - The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

               

• The Dutch East India Company started as a chartered company in 1602.
• Portuguese became the first to establish trade in Asia.
• As the Portuguese began to have difficulty in trade, the Dutch saw the opportunity to enter the spice trade.
• British East India Company were the last to enter into a trade in Asia.

Therefore we can conclude that trading companies came to Asia through exploration to conduct trade and earn wealth through the export and import of goods.

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