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Dutch West India Company
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Dutch West India Company
Dutch West India Company
(, or ; ) was a
chartered company
(known as the "WIC") of
Dutch
merchants
. Among its founding fathers was
Willem Usselincx
(1567–1647). On June 3, 1621, it was granted a for a trade monopoly in the
West Indies
(meaning the Caribbean) by the
Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
and given jurisdiction over the
Atlantic slave trade
,
Brazil
, the
Caribbean
, and
North America
. The area where the company could operate consisted of
West Africa
(between the
Tropic of Cancer
and the
Cape of Good Hope
) and the
Americas
, which included the
Pacific Ocean
and the eastern part of
New Guinea
. The intended purpose of the charter was to eliminate competition, particularly Spanish or Portuguese, between the various trading posts established by the merchants. The company became instrumental in the
Dutch colonization of the Americas
.
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