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The theme is “The Truce, 1609–1621” — a breathing spell in the United Provinces’ eighty year struggle for independence. During this periodthe Dutch East India Company [VOC] searched for safer trade routes to Asia and expanded itscommercial operations. 1609 marks the explorations of the VOC ship De Halve Maen in what willbecome New Netherland, while 1621 marks the establishment of the West India Company, foundedwhen the truce ended and the war with Spain resumed.  An icon of the period is Johan vanOldenbarnevelt who physically lost his head advocating peace.

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