Dutch Batavia and the Ideology of Early Modern Empire -- A Conversation with Deborah Hamer
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Dutch East India Company
In the seventeenth century, Dutch companies were more personal than they are today. People could go into a meeting of the richest people in the dutch republic and ask for help with their problems. The company is called v o c - which means 'vow' or 'to do' In your work, you mainly refer to it as v o c Rigt -- that's the dutch acrenem.
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