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Willem Usselincx | |
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._Koopman_en_stichter_van_de_West_Indische_Compagnie_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-1675.jpeg) Willem Usselincx, 1637 | |
| Born | 1567 |
| Died | c. 1647 (aged 79–80) |
| Occupation(s) | Merchant, diplomat |
| Known for | Founder of the Dutch West India Company |
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Willem Usselincx[needs IPA] (1567 – c. 1647) was a Flemish Dutch merchant, investor and diplomat who was instrumental in drawing both Dutch and Swedish attention to the importance of the New World. Usselincx was the founding father of the Dutch West India Company.[1]
- ^ Franklin J. Jameson (1887). Willem Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies. Johns Hopkins University, New York.
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