This book re-examines the history of Anglo-Dutch Conflict during the seventeenth century, of which the three wars of 1652-4, 1665-7 and 1672-4 were the most obvious manifestation.
The emerging multilateral trades of the Atlantic world added n.
From 1618-19 hostilities in Asia between the Dutch and English East India Companies added new elements of tension beyond earlier disputes over the North Sea fisheries, merchant shipping and the cloth trade.
Low-intensity Conflict spanned a longer period.
This book re-examines the history of Anglo-Dutch Conflict during the seventeenth century, of which the three wars of 1652-4, 1665-7 and 1672-4 were the most obvious manifestation