用友好方式追逐这种贸易已经够久了。我们[荷兰人]现在有足够的权力去阻止他们[中国人]与其他国家进行贸易,就像他们拒绝我们同他们贸易一样。1——荷兰总督杨·彼得森·科恩(Jan Pietersz.Coen),1621年11月16日。我们今天所知的世界经济的诸多标准都是最早出现在近代早期的亚洲。葡萄牙人和西班牙人率先将他们的贸易范围由欧洲扩至全球。17世纪初,英国人、荷兰人、法兰西人、丹麦人、瑞典人及其他欧洲人也纷纷各自绕过 Chasing this trade in a friendly way has been long enough. We [the Dutch] now have enough power to stop them [Chinese] from trading with other countries just as they refuse us to trade with them. 1-- Dutch Governor Jan Pietersz.Coen, 16 November 1621. Many of the world economic standards we know today are the earliest in Asia in early modern times. The Portuguese and the Spanish took the lead in extending their trade range from Europe to the world. The early 17th century, the British, Dutch, French, Danes, Swedes and other Europeans also have their own bypass