He was sent out by the Dutch Republic's East India Company. That was at the time the richest and biggest 'private' trading company in the world. His assignment was to try and find a westward route to East India.
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New York was originally New Amsterdam. If that doesn't make it clear, the Dutch.
120,000The Dutch alone had been responsible for bringing approximately 120,000 slaves to colonial America. Slavery in the United States was abolished in 1865.
They did this to trade furs with Native Americans.
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The French explored North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The British explored North America, India, Australia, and Africa. The Dutch explored Indonesia, South Africa, and parts of South America.
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They explored the west because they were looking for a way to get to the new land or th America's in some cases.
the dutch arrived in America in 1609.
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He didn’t explore North America, or Central America.
New Netherlands and New Amsterdam are two Dutch settlements in America.
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