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Updated: July 20, 2025
Trading relations were opened with Siam from 1613 onwards. In 1623 a force under Willem Bontekoe was sent by Koen to Formosa. The island was conquered and a governor appointed with his residence at Fort Zelandia. But, with the Dutch, trade was trade, and under the able conduct of Francis Caron it became of thriving proportions.
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