Project Gutenberg 2010-06-05 Public domain in the USA. 180 Sloos, Dirk Abraham 1869 02019609 De Nederlanders in de Philippijnsche Wateren vóór 1626 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "De Nederlanders in de Philippijnsche Wateren vóór 1626" by Dirk Abraham Sloos is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores the early maritime activities and trade of the Dutch, particularly their encounters and conflicts in the Philippine waters, focusing on the period leading up to 1626. The narrative details not only the Dutch trade ambitions but also the military confrontations with Spanish and Portuguese forces in the region. The opening of the text provides a preface where the author expresses gratitude to his mentors and outlines the intentions behind this academic work. It serves to highlight the significance of Dutch maritime endeavors during the late 16th and early 17th centuries as well as the resulting tensions in the Philippines. Sloos discusses the background of Dutch trading ventures and the geopolitical climate that prompted their involvement in the region, laying a contextual foundation for the subsequent chapters which delve deeper into specific events and key figures involved in these historical maritime conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. nl Philippines -- History -- 1521-1898 Dutch -- Philippines DS Text Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Warfare 405436 2025-10-13T09:43:48.994735 text/html 403165 2023-01-10T00:28:52 text/html 225188 2025-10-13T09:43:59.905641 application/epub+zip 231851 2025-10-13T09:43:53.772719 application/epub+zip 196284 2025-10-13T09:43:51.781661 application/epub+zip 529620 2025-10-13T09:44:03.879620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488653 2025-10-13T09:43:58.573603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427844 2022-09-15T05:52:28.977534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300092 2025-10-13T09:43:47.655736 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 299904 2023-01-10T00:26:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18355 2025-10-13T09:44:04.020591 application/rdf+xml 24090 2025-10-13T09:43:52.321640 image/jpeg 4963 2025-10-13T09:43:52.050655 image/jpeg 110783 2023-01-10T00:30:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 128327 2023-01-10T00:31:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 222805 2025-10-13T09:43:49.022688 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog