They reach the East Indies in the 1620s and the 1630s.

他们于十七世纪二三十年代至东印度地区。

We'd set sail from Bristol in England in 1699 and were heading for the East Indies.

在1699年我们从英格兰的布里斯托尔出发，前往东印度。

For over 300 years, the city was called Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies.

逾 300 年来，雅加达冠上了「巴达维亚」一名 乃荷兰於东印度洋的首都。

The British turned to the Indian subcontinent and then to Persia, the Dutch to the East Indies.

英国人转为前往印度次大陆殖民，随后又转向波斯，而荷兰人则去往了东印度群岛。

A few sailing ships, laden for the East Indies, were heading toward the Cape of Good Hope.

只有几艘帆船，运货物到印度，向好望角驶去。

So, we've had eggs from home, sugar from the West Indies and spice from the East Indies.

所以，我们有家里的鸡蛋，西印度群岛的糖和东印度群岛的调味品。

Nor was there any special reason to suppose that the East Indies would hold early human remains.

也没有任何特别的理由认为荷属东印度群岛存在早期人类的化石。

He thought that he had landed in the East Indies on his way to India, so he called the people he met there.

他以为他在去印度的途中登上了东印度群岛，因此他称在那儿遇到的人为印第安人。

Spices only grew in the East Indies and of course transportation costs were astronomical. ?

香料只在东印度群岛生长，当然运输成本是天文数字。 ？

Along its way to Australia, Japan took the East Indies, Guam, and Wake Island.

在前往澳大利亚的途中，日本占领了东印度群岛、关岛和威克岛。