THE DIFFERENCE IN INTRUSION PURPOSE BETWEEN THE DUTCH AND THE PORTUGUESE FROM THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT (THE SIXTEENTH - SEVENTEENTH CENTURY)

Abstract

From the religious aspect, when penetrating Asia in the sixteenth - seventeenth centuries, the purpose of the Dutch was completely different from that of the Portuguese. For the Portuguese, preaching became the strategic mission put in a consistent goal of the Portuguese government and the Church of Roman, which was the expansion of trade and of religion. For the Dutch, they sided with the government against the Christians and disputed the exclusive trade. In essence, that was the part of the fight against the Portugal - Spain coalition for independence.