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In 1624 Dutches grasp island Taiwan then fasten relations and with Japan at which coast the Netherlands vessels began to appear since 1609.

Last circumstance is rather curious, for after attempts of Portugueses to subordinate Japan and to impose it the religion Japanese up to the middle of XIX century only by way of exception supposed in the country of Europeans, carrying out in essence to the policy of an isolationism. Dutches managed even to base in Japan the forts: in Firando, near Nagasaki, and later - on island Desima. As it is paradoxical, but they mediated for a long time in trade between Japan and China. They became intermediaries in trade between China, Moluccas and Indonesia, on the one hand, and Persia, Arabia, East Africa - with another. So through China and Japan Holland has extended the influence on Arabia, Persia, the countries of Levant. All East was it dannikom.

In 1610 the Netherlands merchants have brought for the first time to Europe the Chinese dried grass - tea which in the middle of XVII century gets enormous commercial value: tea in Europe began to use in much bigger quantities, than in Asia, unless except for China.

Dutches became also distributors of coffee. In 1616, having passed from gulf of Aden to Red sea, on east, Arabian coast of Bab el Mandeb they have found out small settlement Mocha which began to name Mokko-so it was easier to them to say this word. Here they the first of Europeans have learnt, that local residents often take a drink prepared from grains of a tree, not growing in Europe. It was the precious coffee, suited to Dutches to taste.

The Commercial scent of Dutches has suggested an idea them about necessity of mass production of coffee for the colonies, and they have decided to base coffee plantations in Indonesia, on the Antilles and in the north of Brazil where have at that time located. So via Dutches of coffee has appeared in Southern and to Central America, has extended in Asia. Soon this plant from the Arabian native land still had only name. In America the coffee tree has pressed a dog other cultures. And today we consider as the best grade of coffee mokko, grown up in Brazil where enterprise activity of Dutches thus has left the trace.

The Netherlands, however, is not satisfied with domination in trade in Asia, they aspire to capture of the earths, using thus any means.