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.
The answer is C, they didn't trade that much back then.
El mapa de arriba detalla algunas posesiones coloniales europeas en el sudeste asiático para el siglo XVIII. ¿Quién está representado en azul y quién está representado en amarillo? A.blue: Portugal / amarillo: India B.blue: China / amarillo: Portugal C.blue: Japón / amarillo: Inglaterra D.blue: España / amarillo: los Países Bajos
