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This is a list of the
trading posts and settlements of the
Dutch West India Company
(active 1621?1791), including chronological details of possessions taken over from the Dutch state in 1621, and for the period after 1791 when the Dutch government took over responsibility again.
The list runs in geographical sequence from north to south along the
West African
coast and from north to south through the
Americas
.
West Africa
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1611–1872
West Central Africa
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- Annobon
: 1641?164?/ 1665?16.. (to Portugal)
26 August 1641.- 21/24 August 1648.,
- Sao Paulo de Luanda (
Luanda
): Fort Aardenburgh (26 August 1641 ? 21/24 August 1648) to Portugal.
- Sao Filipe de Benguela (
Benguela
): (Sept. 1641 ? 1648) to Portugal
- Pinda or Mpinda (
Sonyo
):-at the mouth of the Congo River (1648) to Portugal
- Ensandeira island:(at the mouth of the
Kwanza
river) Fort Mols (1645/6?1648) to Portugal
- Malemba (
Cabinda
)
Americas
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North America
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Settlements of the New Netherland colony
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now in the present day U.S. states of:
Caribbean
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South America
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References
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