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[–] malkoman ago 

Who are the Jews who bought them out?

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[–] Pjest 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Founded 1602, and went almost immediately onto the stock market of the day.

1619 Jan Pieterszoon Coen was appointed as the Governor-General of it.

From there they branched out from spices to... everything else.

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[–] malkoman ago  (edited ago)

Coen was a Calvinist not a Jew. Supposedly baptized in the Reformed Church. Even if he was a Jew, what about the other officers of the Dutch East India Co?

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[–] minx88 ago 

exactly I’ve just been posting the same thing and I just saw this you are spot on