Select the country that controlled each of the following ports in the Indian and Pacific Oceans during the 16th and 17th centuries.

European countries like Britain, Netherlands and Portugal controlled important ports in the Indian and Pacific oceans during the 16th and 17th century.

Explanation:

During the the 16th and 17th centuries, the countries that controlled the following ports in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are as follows:

Hormuz - Portugal.

Bombay - Portugal

Goa - Portugal

Malacca - Portugal

Singapore - The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

Borneo - North was controlled by Great Britain(British East India Company) while South was controlled by The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

Hong-Kong - Great Britain(British East India Company)

Taiwan(Formosa) - The Netherlands (Dutch East India Company)

supplies had to travel a long distance across water on ships that were often attacked, so they did not reach europe

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