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Box of the Dutch West India Company

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The Dutch West India Company (WIC)

The Dutch West India Company (WIC) had a monopoly on all Dutch trade west of the Cape of Good Hope for part of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Gezicht op het West-Indisch Pakhuis te Amsterdam

Gezicht op het West-Indisch Pakhuis te Amsterdam

Jacob van Meurs (possibly), 1663 - 1664

Box of the Dutch West India Company

Box of the Dutch West India Company

attributed to Jean Saint, 1749

Kauri shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw

Kauri shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw

niet van toepassing, before 1613

Uitkering van het eerste dividend van 10% door de WIC

Uitkering van het eerste dividend van 10% door de WIC

anoniem, 1683

The Tupinambá’s Treatment of Prisoners of War

The Tupinambá’s Treatment of Prisoners of War

anoniem, c. 1630

Vrijburg Palace

Vrijburg Palace

anoniem, 1642 - 1652

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Portrait of Jan Pranger and an Enslaved Servant

Portrait of Jan Pranger and an Enslaved Servant

Frans van der Mijn (mentioned on object), 1742

Naauekeurige Plattegrond van den Staat en den Loop van Rio de Berbice. Met derzelver Plantagien in de Geoctroyeerde colonie de Berbice gelegen.

Naauekeurige Plattegrond van den Staat en den Loop van Rio de Berbice. Met derzelver Plantagien in de Geoctroyeerde colonie de Berbice gelegen.

Knapp, Jan Daniël (mentioned on object), 1742

Commander’s baton of the Dutch Governor of the Gold Coast

Commander’s baton of the Dutch Governor of the Gold Coast

anoniem, c. 1600 - c. 1699

Colonial Slavery

Legcuff

Legcuff

anoniem, c. 1800 - c. 1899

Hollandse koopman met twee tot slaaf gemaakte mannen in heuvellandschap

Hollandse koopman met twee tot slaaf gemaakte mannen in heuvellandschap

anoniem, 1700 - 1725

Enslaved Men Digging Trenches

Enslaved Men Digging Trenches

anoniem, c. 1850

Suriname

Gezicht op Sommelsdijk in Suriname

Gezicht op Sommelsdijk in Suriname

Bienfait (signed by artist), 1827

Portrait of a Couple from Suriname

Portrait of a Couple from Suriname

Diorama of Government Square in Paramaribo

Diorama of Government Square in Paramaribo

Gerrit Schouten, 1812

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