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title: The Brouwer Route
author: Redgeographics
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Brouwer Route
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15179.jpg)
## Image Caption
The [Dutch East India Company](https://www.worldhistory.org/Dutch_East_India_Company/)'s favoured route from [Europe](https://www.worldhistory.org/europe/) to southeast Asia was known as the Brouwer Route. It was discovered by Dutch explorer Hendrik Brouwer (c. 1581-1643) in 1611 and halved the sailing time from the Netherlands to the company's trading stations in southeast Asia.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The-Brouwer-Route.jpg) by [**Redgeographics**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The-Brouwer-Route.jpg). Submitted by [Kim Martins](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/kim.martins/ "User Page: Kim Martins"), published on 22 January 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.