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Who were among the founders of the Dutch West India Company?

  • Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx, Jessé de Forest

  • Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Pieter Both, Gerard Reynst

  • Hugo Grotius, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Maurice of Nassau

  • Peter Stuyvesant, Adriaen van der Donck, Willem Kieft

Answer

Among the founders of the Dutch West India Company were Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx, and Jessé de Forest. They were influential merchants and investors of the time.
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