Investors in the Dutch West India Company were fortunate.

荷兰西印度公司的投资者们是幸运的。

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The West India Company was committed to building up the colony — but wanted to do so as cheaply as possible.

西印度公司得到的任务是建立殖民地——但是他们希望以一种尽可能廉价地方式完成任务。

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In the 1600s, the Dutch West India Company was more powerful and successful than Microsoft, IBM, or General Motors is today.

在十七世纪，荷兰西印度公司比当今的微软、IBM或通用更有实力更成功。

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She does a decent job of explaining the history, pointing to the colonization of Suriname and Indonesia, and the key role the Dutch West India Company played in the slave trade.

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