"[[The East India Company]], headquartered in [[London]] and operating between 1600 and 1874, traded a wide range of items—largely to and from the [[Indian]] subcontinent—ranging from textiles and metals to spices and opium. The Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie ([[Dutch East India Company]]) imported spices, textiles, gems, and coffee mostly from [[Southeast Asia]]; it kept its uninterrupted monopoly on trade with [[Japan]] for two centuries (between 1641 and 1858), and the [[Dutch]] domination of the East Indies ended only in 1945." ([Location 2148](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=2148)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[globalisation]] **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]