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Dutch West Indies Company

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Dutch West Indies Company
Document signed K. V[an] d[er] Helm Boddaert and J.p V[an] D[en] Brande, directors of the Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie ter Kamer Zeeland, saying The Representative of His Serene Highness, Willem V, Prince of Orange, and the Directors ... do hereby consent to Van Diemen together with the Ship called 'Peace', Skipper Barend Land, with accompanying baggage to sail to the Colony of Essequebo, in present-day Guyana, (...) and to settle there, printed in an elegant italic type with handwritten details, one side folio with printed monogram ZGCW at the head, Middelburg, 21st August 1775
stained and slight water damage, unframed
31.5 x 19.5 cm

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The West Indies Company, founded in 1621, had at one time the monopoly of the slave trade between Africa and the Spanish colonies. Of its five 'Chambers', Zeeland, the next largest after Amsterdam, contributed two-ninths of the company's capital. The company's functions were transferred to the state in 1791.

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