The text commands: "Dutch ships are allowed to travel to Japan, and they can disembark on any coast, without any reserve. From now on this regulation must be observed, and the Dutch left free to sail where they want throughout Japan. No offenses to them will be allowed, such as on previous occasions" – dated August 24, 1609 (Keichō 14, 25th day of the 6th month)
In 1643, Riebeeck travelled with Jan van Elseracq to the VOC outpost at Dejima in Japan Seven years later in 1650, he proposed selling hides of South African wild animals to Japan.
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