Amsterdam chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
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The Amsterdam chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company were influential 17th-century merchant-administrators who managed the company’s operations and trade interests from Amsterdam, shaping Dutch colonial and commercial expansion in the Atlantic world.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Amsterdam chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial administrators
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corporate directors ⓘ group of people ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| appointedBy | shareholders of the Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Amsterdam Chamber
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surface form:
Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch West India Company
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| collaboratedWith | directors of other chambers of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| country | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| economicInterest |
control of Atlantic trade routes
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maximization of company profits ⓘ |
| economicSphere |
Atlantic world
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transatlantic trade ⓘ |
| hadAuthorityOver |
captains of company ships
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company employees in the Amsterdam chamber ⓘ governors of overseas possessions ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dutch Atlantic commercial policy
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Dutch colonial governance in the Atlantic ⓘ urban economy of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Atlantic slave trade
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Dutch colonial expansion in West Africa ⓘ Dutch colonial expansion in the Americas ⓘ Dutch colonial expansion in the Caribbean ⓘ Dutch commercial expansion in the Atlantic world ⓘ privateering and prize-taking ⓘ sugar trade ⓘ tobacco trade ⓘ trade in dyewoods ⓘ trade in precious metals ⓘ |
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| metAt | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| role |
allocation of investment capital
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appointment of company officials ⓘ coordination of shipping and fleets ⓘ formulation of commercial policy ⓘ management of company operations ⓘ negotiation of contracts and charters ⓘ oversight of Atlantic trade ⓘ supervision of colonial ventures ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
elite merchants
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regent class of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
States General of the Dutch Republic
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charter of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| supervised |
company colonies in Brazil
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company colonies in North America ⓘ company colonies in the Caribbean ⓘ company forts and factories in West Africa ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Zeeland chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
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cooperatedWith
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Amsterdam chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
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