Peter Minuit of the Dutch West Indies Company bought the island in '2' from the Manhattan Indians, supposedly for some $24 worth of merchandise.

据说荷兰西印度公司一名叫彼得·米纽伊特的职工在'2'年用仅值约24美元的货物从居住于曼哈顿的印第安人手中购得此岛。

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The territory, once called the Dutch West Indies, became the semi-autonomous Netherlands Antilles in 1954.

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Just as in other parts of the archipelago, Aceh was forced into the Dutch East Indies later to become Indonesia.

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They started bringing chocolate into Europe for way below the price that was set by the Dutch West Indies Company.

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