. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. e revolt of the Netherlands followedin quick succession, antl Dutch vessels were excluded from Lisbon, whichhad been so long the European depot ibr Indian wares. Although theDutch were not a creative people, there was no under the sunwhich, being strongly pushed in one direction, was nnjre sure to succeedthan they. They had begun already to reap large profits from their Eng-lish trade. Prices had gone up on all India goods; that of pepper by two hundred per cent. They were compelled, as it were, to seek a direct pas-sa
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. e revolt of the Netherlands followedin quick succession, antl Dutch vessels were excluded from Lisbon, whichhad been so long the European depot ibr Indian wares. Although theDutch were not a creative people, there was no under the sunwhich, being strongly pushed in one direction, was nnjre sure to succeedthan they. They had begun already to reap large profits from their Eng-lish trade. Prices had gone up on all India goods; that of pepper by two hundred per cent. They were compelled, as it were, to seek a direct pas-sage to the Orieut. Thus originated the great commercial corporationknown as the Dutch Eiist ludii. (umpaiiy. Their followed inthe track nF the Portuguese aiouud Africa. Tlic directors were mostlycity nol)les of the old school, and so prdSpernus became the company thatin twenty years they divided more than four times tlieir original caiiitalamong the shareholders, besides having acipiired a vast amount of prop-erty in coliinies, fortihcatinns, and East India Companys House. Wliile struggling for freedom amid the smallest beginnings, and at warwith tlie nation the shadow of whose haughty flag waved over halfa conquered world, and whose fashions and language controlled the courtsof Europe, the D>itch received the im]ietus which raised them to the rank THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY. 23 of a great pnwer. Mure than one hundred Protestant families, the verypith of the nation, were driven from Belgium liy the Spaniards, and foundtheii homes in Holland and Zealand. The ruin of the ancient trade andopulence of Belgium and the sudden expansion of the Dutch Itejiublicwere two sides of the same event. But the exiled Belgians had no inten-tion of remaining permanently in Northern Netherlands. They breatheda new element of commercial strength into the atmcjsphere, and at thesame time were putting their shrewd heads together to devise somemethod by which Belgium might be de
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