Excerpt from A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, Vol. 2 of 6 Ancient revolutions 111 Denmark, 197 Denmark begins to carry on a trade with India, 20: Changes the Daniih trade has undergone 1n India, 204. Prefent {late of the Danes 1n India, 210 Efiablilhment of an India company at Oftend, 218 Caul'es of the defiruetion of the company at Oflend, 222 Swedifh Eaft India company. Revolutions 1n the government of that nation, The Swedes have a {harein the India trade. Man ner in which they conduct it, Prefent {late of Sweden, 'i he king of Prufiia forms an Eai't India company at Embden. Character of that prince. Fate of his eflablifhment, Settlement of the Spaniards in the Philippines. Defcription of thefe iflands, The Spaniards and Portuguefe difpute the pofi'efli on of the Philippines, The Spaniards form fettlements at the Philippines. Reafons that have prevented the fuccefs of them, 262 Prefent {late of the Philippines, 264. Dangers to which the Philippines are expofed, 267 Advantages that might be made of the Philippines, 270 General idea of Tartary, 282 Contentions of the Ruffians and Chinefein Tar tary, The Ruflians obtain leave to (end a caravan to China; and make other Openings for carrying cn the trade to that kingdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.