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Dirk Van OS, Antwerp Native in the Dutch East India Company
16 April 2025
After the Fall of Antwerp in 1585, thousands of people from the Southern Netherlands migrated north, with many settling in Amsterdam. One of them was Dirk van Os, an enterprising Antwerp native who played a role in the founding of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the draining of the Beemster L