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title="Timeline of Indonesian history">Timeline</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:none;background:gainsboro;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Indonesia" title="Prehistoric Indonesia">Prehistory</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <b><a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a></b></td><td style="text-align:right;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Java_Man" title="Java Man">Java Man</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1,000,000 BP</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Homo_floresiensis" title="Homo floresiensis">Flores Man</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 94,000–12,000 BP</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <b><a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a></b></td><td style="text-align:right;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Toba catastrophe theory">Toba catastrophe</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 75,000 BP</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Buni_culture" title="Buni culture">Buni culture</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 400 BCE</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:none;background:gainsboro;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indonesian_monarchies" title="List of Indonesian monarchies">Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kutai" title="Kutai">Kutai kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 350–1605</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Tarumanagara" title="Tarumanagara">Tarumanagara kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 400s–500s</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kantoli" title="Kantoli">Kantoli</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 400s-500s</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kalingga_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalingga kingdom">Kalingga kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 500s–600s</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Melayu_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Melayu kingdom">Melayu kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 600s–1347</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Srivijaya" title="Srivijaya">Srivijaya Empire</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 600s–1025</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Shailendra_dynasty" title="Shailendra dynasty">Shailendra Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 600s–900s</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Mataram_kingdom" title="Mataram kingdom">Mataram kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 716–1016</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bali_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Bali kingdom">Bali kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 914–1908</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sunda_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunda kingdom">Sunda kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 932–1579</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kahuripan" title="Kahuripan">Kahuripan kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1019–1045</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kediri_kingdom" title="Kediri kingdom">Kediri kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1045–1221</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Dharmasraya" title="Dharmasraya">Dharmasraya kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1183–1347</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Pannai" title="Pannai">Pannai kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1000s–1300s</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Singhasari" title="Singhasari">Singhasari Empire</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1222–1292</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Majapahit" title="Majapahit">Majapahit Empire</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1293–1527</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:none;background:gainsboro;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indonesian_monarchies" title="List of Indonesian monarchies">Islamic sultanates</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Spread_of_Islam_in_Indonesia" title="Spread of Islam in Indonesia">Spread of Islam</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 800–1600</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Peureulak_Sultanate" title="Peureulak Sultanate">Peureulak Sultanate</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">840–1292</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Aru_kingdom" title="Aru kingdom">Aru kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1225–1613</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Ternate_Sultanate" class="mw-redirect" title="Ternate Sultanate">Ternate Sultanate</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1257–1914</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Samudera_Pasai_Sultanate" title="Samudera Pasai Sultanate">Samudera Pasai Sultanate</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1267–1521</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Pagaruyung_kingdom" title="Pagaruyung kingdom">Pagaruyung kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1347–1833</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a 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href="/wiki/Aceh_Sultanate" title="Aceh Sultanate">Aceh Sultanate</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1496–1903</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Ternate" title="Sultanate of Ternate">Sultanate of Ternate</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1486–1914</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Bacan" title="Sultanate of Bacan">Sultanate of Bacan</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1515–1946</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Tidore" title="Sultanate of Tidore">Sultanate of Tidore</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1500s–1967</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Jailolo" title="Sultanate of Jailolo">Sultanate of Jailolo</a></td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1496–1903</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 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It was instrumental in opening up the Indonesian <a href="/wiki/Spice_trade" title="Spice trade">spice trade</a> to the merchants that eventually formed the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a>, and marked the end of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>'s dominance in the region. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Dutch_Expedition_to_the_East_Indies&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 16th century the spice trade was extremely lucrative, but the Portuguese Empire had a stranglehold on the source of the spices, Indonesia. For a time, the merchants of the Netherlands were content to accept this and buy all of their spice in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, Portugal, as they could still make a decent profit by reselling it throughout Europe. However, in the 1590s Spain, which was at war with the Netherlands, was in a <a href="/wiki/Iberian_Union" title="Iberian Union">dynastic union</a> with Portugal, thus making continued trade practically impossible.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was intolerable to the Dutch who would have been glad to circumvent the Portuguese monopoly and go straight to Indonesia, but the sailing directions needed in order to reach Indonesia were jealously guarded by the Portuguese. </p><p>However, in 1592 the cartographer <a href="/wiki/Petrus_Plancius" title="Petrus Plancius">Petrus Plancius</a> published a series of charts showing, in exact detail, the route to the Indies.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman68_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman68-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after these charts were published, three <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> merchants began meeting in secret, plotting an expedition to Indonesia. Their names were <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_Jansz_Carel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan Jansz Carel (page does not exist)">Jan Jansz Carel</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrick_Hudde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hendrick Hudde (page does not exist)">Hendrick Hudde</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Reynier_Pauw" title="Reynier Pauw">Reynier Pauw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the first things these men did was to send Pauw's cousin, <a href="/wiki/Cornelis_de_Houtman" title="Cornelis de Houtman">Cornelis de Houtman</a>, to Lisbon, posing as a merchant. His job was to confirm Plancius' charts and see if he could find any more information on the East Indies.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman68_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman68-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, in September 1592, <a href="/wiki/Jan_Huyghen_van_Linschoten" title="Jan Huyghen van Linschoten">Jan Huyghen van Linschoten</a> returned from an extended stay in <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and soon after, in collaboration with noted traveler <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernardus_Paludanus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bernardus Paludanus (page does not exist)">Bernardus Paludanus</a>, he published an account of his journeys that included a large amount of information on the East Indies that confirmed all of Plancius' charts and added more besides.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 1594, de Houtman returned from Lisbon.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Amsterdam merchants now had all of the information they needed, and they set about raising capital to fund the expedition. They recruited six other merchants and with them formed the <a href="/wiki/Compagnie_van_Verre" title="Compagnie van Verre">Far-distance Company</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pieter_Hasselaer" title="Pieter Hasselaer">Pieter Hasselaer</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_Poppen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan Poppen (page does not exist)">Jan Poppen</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrick_Buick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hendrick Buick (page does not exist)">Hendrick Buick</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_van_Os&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dirk van Os (page does not exist)">Dirk van Os</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Syvert_Sem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Syvert Sem (page does not exist)">Syvert Sem</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arend_ten_Grootenhuys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arend ten Grootenhuys (page does not exist)">Arend ten Grootenhuys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Company was able to raise 290,000 <a href="/wiki/Guilder" title="Guilder">guilders</a>, and used it to build and equip four ships: the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mauritius_(1594)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mauritius (1594) (page does not exist)"><i>Mauritius</i></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amsterdam_(1594)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amsterdam (1594) (page does not exist)"><i>Amsterdam</i></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hollandia_(1594)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hollandia (1594) (page does not exist)"><i>Hollandia</i></a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Duyfken" title="Duyfken"><i>Duifje</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-huygens-texel-95_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huygens-texel-95-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All told, there were 248 officers and men on the expedition.<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester15_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship's government was to be carried out by a Ships' Council consisting of the skippers of the ships, merchants who were assigned to each ship, and a few others.<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester15_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some had preferred status, allowing them to speak first on an issue and break a tie; Cornelis de Houtman was one of these.<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester15_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the ships left, all of the navigators were trained by Petrus Plancius.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chief navigator was <a href="/wiki/Pieter_Dirkszoon_Keyser" title="Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser">Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voyage">Voyage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Dutch_Expedition_to_the_East_Indies&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Voyage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fleet sailed from the port of <a href="/wiki/Texel" title="Texel">Texel</a> on April 2, 1595.<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester15_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They made good time at first, passing the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a> on April 26 and landing at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Isla_de_Mayo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isla de Mayo (page does not exist)">Isla de Mayo</a> on April 19, but soon the wind died, and they were able to make only slow progress.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman92_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman92-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They did not cross the equator until June 4, and did not sight Africa until August 2.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman92_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman92-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October, they landed at <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>, where they were forced to stay for six months, losing many men to illness; by the time they left, 71 men had died.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the dead was the skipper of the <i>Hollandia</i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_Dignumsz.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan Dignumsz. (page does not exist)">Jan Dignumsz.</a><sup id="cite_ref-Masselman92_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman92-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His death set off a bitter feud over who would succeed that ended only when one of the officers, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerrit_van_Beuningen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerrit van Beuningen (page does not exist)">Gerrit van Beuningen</a>, was put in irons for the remainder of the voyage.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman93_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman93-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Bantam">At Bantam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Dutch_Expedition_to_the_East_Indies&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: At Bantam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banten_Sultanate_en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Banten_Sultanate_en.svg/220px-Banten_Sultanate_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Banten_Sultanate_en.svg/330px-Banten_Sultanate_en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Banten_Sultanate_en.svg/440px-Banten_Sultanate_en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>Map of the <a href="/wiki/Banten_Sultanate" title="Banten Sultanate">Banten Sultanate</a>, strategically located, which wore on until formal Dutch annexation in 1813.</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 1596, the fleet reached <a href="/wiki/Old_Banten" title="Old Banten">Bantam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Banten_(town)" title="Banten (town)">Banten</a>), <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> but were received poorly due to the machinations of the Portuguese, who persuaded the <a href="/wiki/Bantenese_people" title="Bantenese people">Bantamese</a> to raise their prices to absurdly high levels.<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester15_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were also denied access to water, and when some of them went to <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a> to get more, a number of men, including de Houtman, were captured and held until ransomed.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman94_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman94-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> De Houtman, by this time, was the <i>de facto</i> leader of the expedition, most of his opponents having been either killed or disgraced by this time.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman94_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman94-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being ransomed, he bombarded the city with cannon fire<sup id="cite_ref-Milton61_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milton61-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and raided several spice-carrying ships coming into Bantam from <a href="/wiki/Banda_Islands" title="Banda Islands">Banda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman94_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman94-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outraged, the Bantamese, sent men throughout the surrounding islands, warning them about the Dutch.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman94_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman94-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Sidayu" title="Sidayu">Sidayu</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Surabaya" title="Surabaya">Surabaya</a>, the ships were boarded by natives and twelve men were killed in the ensuing battle, including the skipper of the <i>Amsterdam</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Milton61_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milton61-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after, at <a href="/wiki/Madura" title="Madura">Madura</a>, when the royal family sailed out to meet to Dutch, the <i>Amsterdam</i> opened fire, killing the prince, the priest, and many others.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_home">Return home</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Dutch_Expedition_to_the_East_Indies&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Return home"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At this point, the entire expedition was on the brink of disaster. Only 94 of the original 248 men were still alive, and the leaders were split into two factions, one led by de Houtman and the other by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_Meulenaer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan Meulenaer (page does not exist)">Jan Meulenaer</a>, who disagreed on where the fleet should go next.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Meulanaer suddenly died under mysterious circumstances, de Houtman was seized and put on trial by the Ships' Council.<sup id="cite_ref-Milton64_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milton64-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On grounds of insufficient evidence, he was released, but by this time the <i>Amsterdam</i> was in such bad condition that it had to be set adrift and burnt.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman96_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman96-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fleet was in such bad shape that it was decided to head south, making one last stop at <a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>, and then sail back to the Netherlands.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman96_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman96-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crew found Bali to be quite amiable, and set sail for home on February 26, 1597, reaching Texel on August 14 of the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-Masselman96_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman96-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Dutch_Expedition_to_the_East_Indies&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the expedition did not bring back as much as expected – 245 bags of pepper, 45 tons of nutmeg, and 30 bales of <a href="/wiki/Nutmeg#Mace" title="Nutmeg">mace</a><sup id="cite_ref-Masselman96_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masselman96-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – spice prices had become so inflated that the expedition was still profitable.<sup id="cite_ref-Milton64_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milton64-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All in all, the voyage suffered from bad leadership, but was still instrumental in opening up the East Indies to the Dutch.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Dutch_Expedition_to_the_East_Indies&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Dutch_Expedition_to_Indonesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia">Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company_in_Indonesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch East India Company in Indonesia">Dutch East India Company in Indonesia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Winchester15-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Winchester15_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Winchester15_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Winchester15_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Winchester15_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Winchester15_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Winchester, p. 15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Masselman, p. 90</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Masselman, p. 89</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Masselman92-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman92_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman92_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman92_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Masselman, p. 92</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milton, p. 59</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Masselman93-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Masselman93_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Masselman, p. 93</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Masselman94-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman94_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman94_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman94_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman94_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Masselman, p. 94</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Milton61-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Milton61_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Milton61_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Milton, p. 61</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milton, p. 62</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Masselman, p. 95</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Milton64-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Milton64_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Milton64_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Milton, p. 64</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Masselman96-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman96_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masselman96_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a 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