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Kiliaen van Rensselaer (merchant)
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
(; 1586,
Hasselt, Overijssel
– buried 7 October 1643,
Amsterdam
) was a
Dutch
diamond
and
pearl
merchant from
Amsterdam
who was one of the founders and directors of the
Dutch West India Company
, being instrumental in the establishment of
New Netherland
.
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