Dutch East India Company

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Illustration of the Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck, which sank off the coast of Western Australia in 1656 after striking a reef north of Perth.
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Possible 1656 Dutch East India Company shipwreck survivor camp found in Australia
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Boxes and boxes of documents inside the National Archives in The Hague. 2013
Crime
Art detective recovers centuries-old documents stolen from the Dutch National Archives
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Panoramic view of Delft
Politics
Delft apologizes for historical role in slavery
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Jan Pieterszoon Coen statue by Ferdinand Leenhoff, erected in 1893 in Hoorn
Weird
Hoorn not ready to apologize for its historic ties to the slave trade
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Replica of VOC ship Amsterdam
Politics
Millions of archived VOC documents now searchable online, including slavery records
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A tronco, the multiple foot stocks used for restraining enslaved people from the 17th through 19th centuries
Politics
Dutch Royal House earned more than €545 million from colonies during slave trade peak
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Jan Pieterszoon Coen statue by Ferdinand Leenhoff, erected in 1893 in Hoorn
Politics
Decision on removal of colonialist statue in Hoorn put off until after summer of 2022
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VOC ship de Amsterdam
CultureArtEntertainment
Replica of 18th century East India Company Ship back in Amsterdam
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Jan_Peter_Balkenende,_2011_(cropped)
Politics
Balkenende didn't say that: Book of Dutch speeches pulled
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Board and part of a gun on the Rooswijk, which sank on the Goodwin Sands in 1740
Science
Excavation started on 18th century Dutch treasure shipwreck found off Kent coast
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A silver coin from De Rooswijk, a Dutch East Indies ship that sank near England in 1740
Politics
18th Cent. Dutch-East Indies ship recovered near England