Heeren XIX

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Heeren XIX was the central governing council of the Dutch West India Company, composed of nineteen directors who oversaw its colonial and trading activities in the Atlantic world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf board of directors
governing council
institution of the Dutch Republic
organ of the Dutch West India Company
appliesToJurisdiction Atlantic world
Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company
Dutch Brazil
New Netherland
Elmina Castle
surface form: West African forts of the Dutch West India Company
appliesToOrganization Dutch West India Company
authorityOver allocation of company resources
appointment of high colonial officials of the Dutch West India Company
major military expeditions of the Dutch West India Company
strategic policy of the Dutch West India Company
composition directors of the Dutch West India Company
coordinationRole reconciling interests of different regional chambers of the Dutch West India Company
country Dutch Republic
fieldOfWork Atlantic slave trade
colonial administration
maritime trade
warfare and privateering
hasMember directors from multiple regional chambers of the Dutch West India Company
hasPart Amsterdam chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
Maas (Rotterdam) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
Noorderkwartier chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
Stad en Lande (Groningen) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
Zeeland chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
representatives of the States General of the Dutch Republic
historicalSignificance central organ in organizing Dutch colonial rule in the Americas and West Africa
key institution in Dutch Atlantic expansion
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Amsterdam
namedAfter number of its members
numberOfMembers 19
parentOrganization Dutch West India Company
partOf governance structure of the Dutch West India Company
role central governing council of the Dutch West India Company
oversight of colonial activities in the Atlantic world
oversight of trading activities in the Atlantic world
significantEvent coordination of Dutch privateering against Iberian shipping in the Atlantic
direction of Dutch participation in the transatlantic slave trade
oversight of the conquest and administration of Dutch Brazil
oversight of the founding and governance of New Amsterdam
subordinateTo States General of the Netherlands
surface form: States General of the Dutch Republic
timePeriod 17th century
18th century
uses collegial decision-making

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