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		kalimanzaro on April 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Age of Invention: How the Dutch Did It Better Not the only one. The Chinese did it twice a century earlier. The naval one in the Taiwan straits. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Liaoluo_Bay

kalimanzaro on April 8, 2023 [–]

Apparently, the Cambodians too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Dutch_conflicts

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Dutch_War

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