In the 1600's the South China Sea was a battle ground where European power fought for trade. It was the Dutch who challenged the trade of ceramics against the Portuguese in which evidence of a trading vessel are being found today. A piece of a ship named The Wandi Ship was discovered in the depths of the sea surrounded by broken ceramics.
History tells the Dutch could not trade with China directly so they had to stay in Taiwan where they depended on the Chinese middle man to supply ceramics for them. The Portuguese had free access to all the ceramics in China but the Dutch did not. However, the Dutch were determined to cease the ceramics. They planned on ceasing the Portuguese ships and taking all the cargo and ceramics for themselves.
The fight was taken all the way down the South China Sea near Malacca. Malacca was a vital passage way connecting China and Europe. The Portuguese had a strong hold of Malacca and was able to fight off the Dutch from obtaining the area and ceramics. The Dutch became successful in 1640 where they shot down every single Portuguese ship. It’s known that 150 ships from 1600-1640 were sunk into the sea. The Portuguese started to build smaller ships like The Wandi Ship but the Dutch started to hide behind the Islands around Malacca so none of the Portuguese ships could see them when coming to the area.
History tells the Dutch could not trade with China directly so they had to stay in Taiwan where they depended on the Chinese middle man to supply ceramics for them. The Portuguese had free access to all the ceramics in China but the Dutch did not. However, the Dutch were determined to cease the ceramics. They planned on ceasing the Portuguese ships and taking all the cargo and ceramics for themselves.
The fight was taken all the way down the South China Sea near Malacca. Malacca was a vital passage way connecting China and Europe. The Portuguese had a strong hold of Malacca and was able to fight off the Dutch from obtaining the area and ceramics. The Dutch became successful in 1640 where they shot down every single Portuguese ship. It’s known that 150 ships from 1600-1640 were sunk into the sea. The Portuguese started to build smaller ships like The Wandi Ship but the Dutch started to hide behind the Islands around Malacca so none of the Portuguese ships could see them when coming to the area.
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You can see with the fighting that the Europeans thought they owned everything. They still do actually, well more like Western civilization. Of course, things have changed a bunch, but the Asian people did a pretty good job keeping to themselves for all those many centuries, and then out of no where the White man comes in claiming he owns everything and kicks people around, hires slaves, you name it.
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