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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10281212, member: 2844&quot;]There are many early Japanese pictures of Dutch ships. For centuries the Dutch were the only Westerners who were allowed to have a trading post in Japan, on the artificial island of Dejima.</p><p>Dejima was constructed for Portuguese traders, but after a falling out between the Portuguese and the Shogun, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was allowed to settle and trade there. They stayed from 1641-1858.</p><p>All foreign trade went through Dejima and the Dutch, and all transport was by Dutch ships.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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