Heeren XIX

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Heeren XIX was the central governing council of the Dutch West India Company, composed of nineteen directors who oversaw its colonial and trading activities in the Atlantic world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf board of directors ⓘ
governing council ⓘ
institution of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
organ of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Atlantic world ⓘ
Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch Brazil ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
West African forts of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
linked to: Elmina Castle
appliesToOrganization Dutch West India Company ⓘ
authorityOver allocation of company resources ⓘ
appointment of high colonial officials of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
major military expeditions of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
strategic policy of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
composition directors of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
coordinationRole reconciling interests of different regional chambers of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
fieldOfWork Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
warfare and privateering ⓘ
hasMember directors from multiple regional chambers of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
hasPart Amsterdam chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Maas (Rotterdam) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Noorderkwartier chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Stad en Lande (Groningen) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Zeeland chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
representatives of the States General of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
historicalSignificance central organ in organizing Dutch colonial rule in the Americas and West Africa ⓘ
key institution in Dutch Atlantic expansion ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Amsterdam ⓘ
namedAfter number of its members ⓘ
numberOfMembers 19 ⓘ
parentOrganization Dutch West India Company ⓘ
partOf governance structure of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
role central governing council of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
oversight of colonial activities in the Atlantic world ⓘ
oversight of trading activities in the Atlantic world ⓘ
significantEvent coordination of Dutch privateering against Iberian shipping in the Atlantic ⓘ
direction of Dutch participation in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
oversight of the conquest and administration of Dutch Brazil ⓘ
oversight of the founding and governance of New Amsterdam ⓘ
subordinateTo States General of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
uses collegial decision-making ⓘ

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