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streets behind a troupe of trumpeters as all the bells in the city tolled, then given as much wine as they could drink, while Van Neck was presented with a golden beaker. Van Neck brought back with him nearly one million pounds of pepper and cloves, as well as half a ship of nutmeg, mace, and cinnamon.
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Heemskerck, however, who reached Great Banda in mid-March, 1599, received a chilly welcome from the indigenous inhabitants, who were unhappy due to bad past experiences with the Portuguese, and because a nearby volcanoes had been active recently, foretelling evil. He eventually succeeded in winning
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published a series of charts showing, in exact detail, the route to the Indies, which was the spark that instigated the first Dutch expedition to Indonesia. Plancius was interested in the new venture, and pored over the accounts of the first expedition in order to write a set of sailing directions
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on November 25. The Bantamese received the Dutch eagerly, because they had recently fought with the Portuguese and destroyed three of their ships, so they hoped to gain protection from any vengeful Portuguese fleets by forging an alliance with Van Neck. Within one month he had filled all three
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Van Neck quickly filled one of the four ships brought by Warwyck with spice and then sailed for home with it and the other three that he had already filled. He reached Amsterdam in July 1599, the journey having taken half as long as the de Houtman expedition. The crew were paraded through the
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Warwyck reached Ternate without incident, and in celebration fired off so much ammunition that the very ground shook. They were received well, primarily because the king of Ternate was at war with neighboring
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in only three months. However, soon after reaching the Cape the fleet was hit by heavy storms, and was split into two parts. Van Neck with three ships quickly recovered and landed on the East coast of
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the compliance of the natives, and left behind twenty-two men to stockpile nutmeg so that future Dutch fleets would be able to purchase it without trouble. He reached home in May 1600.
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Illustration from van Neck's "Het Tweede Boeck" showing Dutch activities on the shore of Mauritius, as well as the first published depiction of a
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The First Discovery of Australia With an account of the Voyage of the "Duyfken" and the Career of Captain Willem Jansz
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in order to replenish supplies, while the other ships under Warwyck could not land on Madagascar due to the storm.
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg or, The True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
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in March 1599, but there were not enough cloves available, so it was decided that Warwyck would sail north, to
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in order to obtain more spices. On their voyage they encountered no trouble except on the coast of
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was an expedition that took place from 1598 to 1600, one of the Dutch forays into the East Indies
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After seven months of sailing in all, Van Neck and his three ships reached the trading city of
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The expedition was considered a tremendous success, netting a 400% profit for its backers.
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Before he sailed for Amsterdam, Van Neck sent the remaining four ships east to the
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The other ships, meanwhile, landed on the island of Do Cerne, which they renamed
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Admiral Jacob van Neck was chosen as the leader, with Vice-Admiral
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joined forces and between them managed to raise nearly 800,000
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Second voyage of Dutch ships to East Indies in 1598–1600
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Index

Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia
spice trade
Dutch East India Company
Jacob Cornelius van Neck

Cornelis Vroom
Portuguese
first Dutch expedition to Indonesia
Cornelis de Houtman
Far-distance Company
New Company for Voyages to East India
guilders
Petrus Plancius
Wybrand van Warwyck
Jacob van Heemskerck
Willem Janszoon
Texel
Mauritius
Hollandia
Amsterdam
Zeelandia
Geldria
Utrecht
Vriesland
Overeyssel
Cape of Good Hope
Madagascar

dodo
Bantam

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