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MMS 9840251500202711
APP
2023-07-05
INP
2023-07-05
STA
Approved
UPD
2023-07-05
DUT
Westindische Compagnie
DAT
Added 2023.
IND
3
PPN
MMS 9840251500202711
SN
17th and 18th century chartered company of Dutch merchants and foreign investors. In 1621 the Dutch West India Company was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the Dutch West Indies and given jurisdiction over Dutch participation in the Atlantic slave trade, Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America.
UF
Chartered West India Company
Dutch West India Company
Geoctroieerde Westindische Compagnie
GWC
Westindische Compagnie
WIC
RT
slave trade
BSO
02.06 AMERICAN, ARAB, ASIAN AND EUROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS
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