Dutch opium commerce on Java has fostered …
Years: 1792 - 1803
Dutch opium commerce on Java has fostered both a vast state enterprise and a large illicit traffic.
The Dutch East India Company, or VOC, having developed a large clientele of native Javanese opium smokers, has imported an average of fifty-six tons of opium annually from 1640 to 1799.
Locations
Groups
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- Dutch East India Company in Indonesia
- Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company")
