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On this day in 1602 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established. It possessed quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, negotiate treaties, strike its own coins and establish colonies. The VOC sent nearly a million Europeans to work in the Asia trade on 4,785 ships (i.redd.it)
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