Dutch Ceylon (Cromwell the Great)

Dutch Ceylon (Nederlands-Ceylon) is an island colony under Dutch rule from 1640 to date. It includes the protectorate of the Kingdom of Kandy.

Ceylon export products are cinnamon, pepper, elephants, pearls (the pearl trade, as well as the elephant trade, yielded about 200,000 guilders a year), rice, areca nut and tea. The latter being the main cash crop.

Ceylan is divided in the Dutch provinces of Galle, Colombo, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Hambantota (all bordering the coasts of island) and the protectorate of Kandy (inner landlocked polity).