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1505
 
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The Portuguese establish a presence in Sri Lanka, trading in the island's crop of cinammon     
1512
 
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The Portuguese make treaties in the Moluccas (or Spice Islands), to trade in cloves and nutmeg      
1595
 
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The first Dutch expedition round the Cape reaches Java and secures trading agreements