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by seized both port of Malacca and Valuable Spice Islands from Portugal.


How did the dutch gain control of much of the ocean trade?

by seized both port of Malacca and Valuable Spice Islands from Portugal.


How did the Dutch control much of the Indian Ocean trade?

by seized both port of Malacca and Valuable Spice Islands from Portugal.


How did the dutch gain control of much of the Indian trade?

by seized both port of Malacca and Valuable Spice Islands from Portugal.