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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 671246, member: 2844"]I will have to start memorizing your posts.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>On second thought, sorry no, too much on my mind already.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, if we just look at Dutch Norwegian relations with regards to the VOC (Dutch East India Company), according to my VOC information the first Norwegians began to work for the VOC in 1580. The Viking and Hanseatic connections are much older of course. The East India trade was a result of the Dutch contribution to the Hanseatic trade, in the beginning it was like an eastward expansion of that trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>1665 is a significant year in the history of Bergen, Norway.</p><p>As a result of the Anglo-Dutch wars, Dutch VOC ships had to circumnavigate the British Isles and take a northern route to the Dutch Republic.</p><p>In 1665 seven VOC ships hid in Bergen before being able to continu on to the Republic. But the British located them and tried to capture the ships and rich trade goods which included gold, spices, silks, gemstones and porcelain.</p><p>The Dutch sent a fleet as well to protect the merchant ships. A battle followed, the Norwegians sided with the Dutch (thank you Norway <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />), and the VOC ships and their treasures got away.</p><p>But as I said, the VOC-Norwegian connection is older than that, and the Dutch-Norwegian connection much older still.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 671246, member: 2844"]I will have to start memorizing your posts.:playful: On second thought, sorry no, too much on my mind already.:) Anyway, if we just look at Dutch Norwegian relations with regards to the VOC (Dutch East India Company), according to my VOC information the first Norwegians began to work for the VOC in 1580. The Viking and Hanseatic connections are much older of course. The East India trade was a result of the Dutch contribution to the Hanseatic trade, in the beginning it was like an eastward expansion of that trade. 1665 is a significant year in the history of Bergen, Norway. As a result of the Anglo-Dutch wars, Dutch VOC ships had to circumnavigate the British Isles and take a northern route to the Dutch Republic. In 1665 seven VOC ships hid in Bergen before being able to continu on to the Republic. But the British located them and tried to capture the ships and rich trade goods which included gold, spices, silks, gemstones and porcelain. The Dutch sent a fleet as well to protect the merchant ships. A battle followed, the Norwegians sided with the Dutch (thank you Norway :)), and the VOC ships and their treasures got away. But as I said, the VOC-Norwegian connection is older than that, and the Dutch-Norwegian connection much older still.[/QUOTE]
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