Complex sentence: On November 13,1609 Nathaniel Courthope is hired by the East India Company to go to the spice islands, he left England with great fanfare and by 1616 was a factor at Sukadana in Borneo.
Split into simpler sentences: On November 13,1609, Nathaniel Courthope was hired by the East India Company to go to the Spice Islands. He left England with great fanfare and by 1616 was a factor at Sukadana in Borneo.