The Dutch East India Company was the first European that challenged the Portuguese domination of Asian trade. Different from Spanish and Portuguese traders, the Dutch expeditions were not controlled by the government, they had full sovereign powers. Because of that they had an enormous amount of power, they set up colonies and trading posts around the world, they captured Malacca from the Portuguese rule and opened trade with China.
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The Lewis And Clark Expedition's goal was the explore the new land to the west. One of there other goals was the find a waterway that stretched from the east side of the US to the other side, also known as Sea to Shining Sea.
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