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When the Dutch finally decided to establish direct contact with the riches of the East Indies, they sailed for a country that had known foreign invasions all through its existence.
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Van Welderen Rengers, D.W. (1947). Historical Introduction. In: The Failure of a Liberal Colonial Policy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0953-4_1
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