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A21088 A remonstrance of the directors of the Netherlands East India Company presented to the Lords States Generall of the vnited Provinces, in defence of the said Companie, touching the bloudy proceedings against the English merchants, executed at Amboyna. Together, with the acts of the processe, against the sayd English. And the reply of the English East India Company, to the said remonstrance and defence. Published by authority. Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.; East India Company. 1632 (1632) STC 7450; ESTC S105421 58,679 132

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