The States General of the Netherlands is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both chambers meet at the Binnenhof in The Hagu
Den Haag Binnenhof & Skyline 2
The Great Assembly of the States General in 1651.
The Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer)
The Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer)
Dutch East India Company
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The United East India Company, commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world. Established on 20 March 1602 by
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…Twenty per cent of the new Republic's territory, known as the Generality Lands, was thus under the direct rule of the Generality (generaliteit). The Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company were also under its general supervision; for this reason Staten Island in New York City (originally New Amsterdam) and…
The United East India Company was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic.
The stock exchange of Hendrick de Keyser
![A 17th-century plaque to the [Dutch] United East India Company, the VOC, in Hoorn](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/17th_century_plaque_to_Dutch_East_India_Company_%28VOC%29%2C_Hoorn.jpg/500px-17th_century_plaque_to_Dutch_East_India_Company_%28VOC%29%2C_Hoorn.jpg)
A 17th-century plaque to the [Dutch] United East India Company, the VOC, in Hoorn
The return of the second Asia expedition of Jacob van Neck in 1599 by Cornelis Vroom