Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - The Merchant Adventurers yanke shawarar amfani da wasu tashar jiragen ruwa. Emden a Gabashin Friesland da Hamburg sun yi gasa don bauta wa 'Yan Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na Ingila, waɗanda suka zaɓi Emden. Ba da daɗewa ba suka gano cewa tashar jiragen ruwa ta kasa jawo hankalin 'yan kasuwa da za su sayi kayayyakin' yan kasuwa na Ingilishi, saboda haka suka bar ba zato ba tsammani suka koma Antwerp. An dakatar da ayyukan da Sarauniya Elizabeth ta kama jiragen ruwa na Mutanen Espanya, wanda ke ba da kuɗi ga Duke na Alva, gwamnan Netherlands. Ko da yake kasuwanci ya ci gaba a Antwerp daga 1573 zuwa 1582, arzikinsa ya ragu tare da faduwar birnin
da kuma ci gaba na gaba na Amsterdam Entrepôt, da kuma Dutch Golden Age.