Het West-Indisch Huis - History
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The West-Indisch Huis owes its name to the period between 1623 and
1647, when the ‘Heren Negentien’ wielded the sceptre over the Dutch
West-India Trading Company (West-Indische Compagnie) from here. In one
of the rooms, the Compagnieszaal, the decision was made to build the
fort ‘Nieuw Amsterdam’ on the island Manhattan. Peter Stuyvesant, whose
statue nowadays ornaments the courtyard of Het West-Indisch Huis, was
appointed to governor-general of the fortress New Amsterdam, that
through the ages developed to become the metropolis New York.
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