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West India

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2. West India - Phrase

3. West India - Proper noun

Meaning

Alt. of West Indian

Source: Webster's dictionary

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We derive our authority from God and the West India Company, not from the pleasure of a few ignorant subjects. Peter Stuyvesant

Demands were made upon Stuyvesant from all sides: the West India Company, the States General, and the New Netherlanders. Source: Internet

As he wrote to the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch West India Company in 1654 he hoped that "the deceitful race, — such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ, — be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony." Source: Internet

By 1621, the United Provinces had charted a new company, a trading monopoly in the Americas and West Africa : the Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie or WIC). Source: Internet

However, he shifted towards imaginary landscapes in places he had never visited, like Mt Cloubelle of West India or Mt Mowbullan in Dividing Range near Brisbane Australia. Source: Internet

In 1621 the Dutch West India Company was founded. Source: Internet

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