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I was a visitor of the Netherlands Maritime Museum, in Amsterdam. I'm truely interested in the story of the Dutch East India Company, mainly because I was Captain in the Argentine's merchant marine and secondly, due I like to learn more about the more relevant stories at sea, including maritime adventures. Because this, I'm traslating to Spanish, a book I got in the above mentioned Museum, about "The Story of the Dutch East India Company" "In Pursuit of Pepper and Tea" which, when being ready I will offer to the Museum for all spanish speakers visitors.
José M.Staffa Morris
SAN ISIDRO, BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA -

An excellant introducton.

Do you have anything about the Amboina Massacre of 1623?
Richard
Sheffield, United Kingdom -

I can't understand all these dutch words. anyway can you guys have some research on how the dutch impacted japanese culture and economy?
Everet
tacoma, Wa USA - I liked your presentation material very much. It was most informative. Thank you!
Sven
Stockholm, Sweden -

Thank you very much for all the information. It is a wonderful and very useful site. Kind regards from the Czech Republic.
Ludmila
Brno, Czech Republic -

This site is only show the good side of VOC. Why you don't add any articles about the role of VOC in slave trade, the massacre of native people in Moluccas, and its dirty war against native kingdom in East Indies. There were to many bad thing about VOC and we can forget them ...

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Budi
Jakarta, Indonesia -

This is an excellent site. I learned much from it. Is there a similar site or other source of information on the Dutch West Indies Company?
richard
de USA -

Hey Hester and Wilco,
We had to search some information about the VOC and this site is been very helpfull!!!thank you very much xxxx
Sarah and Jasmine
Sarah en Jasmine
Halle, BELGIUM -

i like this site very much but it coud add a view projects,
for the rest ist's good
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??, ?? USA -

Nice site! Pretty usefull for me! Bye Sarah
Sarah
USA -

These are great informations,..but I'm looking for something like a list of ships (name,year,route etc.) of all the ships in during these time.
Maybe somebody can help me.
Thank you
Peter Mietlewski
Atlanta, GA USA -

I'm a student of "la sapienza" university in Rome.
Actually I'm working on my final thesis about the settlement of macao in the 1622 and the VOC's naval attack against portughese.
Where i can find matter related on this argoument?
Thank you, Diego
Diego
roma, italia ITALIA -

Hi Wilco, a lot of people call ME a specialist. They`re wrong !

I asked a friend in Holland (by e-Mail) whether she could help me locate material that would be research for an historic fiction novel I am writing about a French huguenot who escapes France; travels through Switzerland; and down the Rhine to Holland in 1688. He contracts with the VOC to become a settler in South Africa and sails from Rotterdam in 1688 to arrive on the Shores of the Cape of Good Hope three months later - after a terrible journey - in which 1/2 of the crew and 1/2 of the refugee passengers were dead. She gave me the web page and I was thrilled at the work you have done. Thank you for your excellent work. (Incidently, I found only one "english" error. The word Muteny should be spelled Mutiny! I was trying to find some material on the "Berg China" on which the refugee sailed in 1688. Thank you again. Kenneth joubert, 1492 Fiddick Crescent, NANAIMO, BC canada V9X 1P5 (On an island off the west coast of Canada)
Kenneth Joubert
NANAIMO, BC CANADA -

I am a student of economics, and I think this is the best site about VOC in the world! I found it very interesting: I love the history of Netherlands!

ITALY -

Thank you for all the information!All the pictures are very beautifull. We love this site, because we can get an A+ now! we don't know how to wrhite that. My friend is calling now with her mother or someone els. I think she loves no one but she is talking to someone. (How do you wrhite someone (els) and no one?) manny greetz Caroline & Brechtje!!!!!
Caroline & Brechtje
Zaandam, Noord-Holland Nederland -

Great site but... I was wondering why the page about sparetime on board the ship contains two pictures of prostitutes about wich you can't find any information in the text. A very good site, I must say. But maybe if you add a little more about how people lived on these ships, for example; food, kinds of jobs etc. it would be an aprovement.
Niels
USA - Sunday, October 15, 2000 at 10:12:56 (EDT)

Its a cool site and its handy, beautiful made and is has coolsounds
A great site if I may say. On this site I can find a whole lot of info for a project which I have to make for school. Nice pictures.
ScarRens
Leeuwarden, Holland - Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at 09:20:34 (EDT)

Good featured. More photos please. My great great grandfather had managed to withstand the pressure the dutch, Portuguese and English that have on him.
Mustafa
K.Lumpur, Malaysia - Monday, September 11, 2000 at 13:27:56 (EDT)

How 'bout a forum? A genuine Message Board? Other than that I think you did a pretty good job on the page, especially the bird at the openings page. Natural selection has been described as an environment selectively screening for those who will have progeny. Where humans are concerned, though, this is an extremely limiting viewpoint. Reproduction by sex tends toward experiment and innovation. It raises many questions, including the ancient one about whether environment is a selective agents after the variation occurs, or whether environment plays a pre-selective role in determining the variations which it screens. Dune did not really answer those questions: it merely raised new questions which Leto and the Sisterhood may attempt to answer over the next five hundred generations.

Baklaviga, uhn Burkina Faso - Thursday, June 15, 2000 at 04:53:53 (EDT)

I want to say that this site is very good. I needed good information for school, and now I have that information thanks to this site.
Ronald Beerendonk
Hillegom, Zuid-Holland Holland - Thursday, June 08, 2000 at 05:23:26 (EDT)

have anybody information about Columbus .
This site is kind a cool, because I don't have to do so much homework know, get it?
J
bunschoten, NL - Monday, May 08, 2000 at 14:34:27 (EDT)

Do you know the names of the founders and their decendants? Does the surname of Vanderhulst mean anything to you?
C D Jagt ;
Nederland, Co USA - Monday, May 01, 2000 at 23:59:29 (EDT)

Marjolein en Anneleen
Brakel, België - Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at 04:49:41 (EST)

I am using Netscape, and maybe that's why, but the pages were hardly readable, because pictures often overlapped the text. The java script for the Ship worked, but the pictures and movies didn't show up. This sounds all very negative, nevertheless I linked the site since the information is valuable since it gives in a short while a lot of information which is very readable. Succes with all the mistakes (if you find some on my sites I am happy to hear and correct it)
Henny Savenije
Seoul, Korea - Saturday, March 18, 2000 at 08:22:15 (EST)

Hi Wilco and Hester! Wonderful site, we're impressed! You two will surely go to America, have fun! The other Duinkerken-family from Goirle
Lize
Goirle, Holland - Thursday, October 14, 1999 at 10:00:42 (EDT) Concratulations on winning the price of 2500 guilders. The concept of such a site is outstanding. The layout is nicely done, and of course the content too. Goodluck to both of you. Greetings Trixy!!
Trixy
Tilburg, Netherlands - Friday, October 08, 1999 at 11:55:01 (EDT)

I love your site, well done, hope you do well in the competition.
Bob Richards
Fremantle, WA Australia - Thursday, October 07, 1999 at 22:34:11 (EDT)

Thanks for all the signments in our guestbook. But I want to ask everybody to write your message in English, because of the international side of this site and contest
Wilco/ Webmaster <(email link disabled)>
Goirle, NL - Wednesday, September 29, 1999 at 12:40:19 (EDT)

You have put together an excellent and educational site. My family is proud to say that we are of Dutch ancestory and I will tell them about your site. Great job!!
David Elzinga
Dunwoody, GA USA - Tuesday, August 31, 1999 at 21:07:30 (EDT)

The depth of information and presentation was astounding! Great delivery, especially the use of many senses through sound, photo, and video (although I couldn't get the video to run). I hope you get a top grade and a good job.
Paul Johnson
Suwanee, GA USA - Monday, August 30, 1999 at 10:13:25 (EDT)

Great website. With friends from the Netherlands, this fills me in on much needed informations. good layout and professional graphics.
Kevin Shannon
Atlanta, GA USA - Monday, August 30, 1999 at 09:07:39 (EDT)

as a retired teacher I just can say...high and consistent qualities that characterize full professionalism.
Hein Jonkman
wassenaar, the Netherlands - Sunday, August 29, 1999 at 17:16:09 (EDT)

Very nice website - nicely laid out, easy to read and navigate. Interesting information, and I appreciate that it's in english, as my dutch is poor! Thanks!
Chrisa Hickey
Loganville, GA USA - Saturday, August 28, 1999 at 13:58:24 (EDT)

Wonderful site. Layout is perfect and easy to read. I love the consistent view of information. Just continue Bert
Bert van Duinkerken
ELST, NL - Friday, August 27, 1999 at 15:59:38 (EDT)

I fell from my chair! I expected something more childish, but this is (almost) professional! Congratulations! I will join you to the States as your chaperon (and Hester's father will pay for it).
Marianne Boelen
Schiedam, Netherlands - Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 16:59:45 (EDT)

Hester en Wilco, Congratulations ! The theme (VOC) is well-chosen and essential for all who are interested in the history of the Netherlands and the (former) Netherlands East Indies. Its presentation takes full advantage of the Internet possibilities in providing a balanced use of music, texts, illustrations and interactive elements. The inclusion of the dictionary makes it still easier to handle.
Huub van de Sandt
Tilburg, Holland - Monday, August 23, 1999 at 15:08:12 (EDT)

You have an excellent site. It's extremely informative, well organized, has a nice layout, cool interactive things... great job!
Pete Stein
Merion, Ption takes full advantage of the Internet possibilities in providing a balanced use of music, texts, illustrations and interactive elements. The inclusion of the dictionary makes it still easier to handle.
Huub van de Sandt
Tilburg, Holland - Monday, August 23, 1999 at 15:08:12 (EDT)

You have an excellent site. It's extremely informative, well organized, has a nice layout, cool interactive things... great job!
Pete Stein
Merion, PA USA - Friday, August 20, 1999 at 12:38:40 (EDT)

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Wilco <(email link disabled)>
Goirle , NL - Wednesday, August 18, 1999 at 11:00:41 (EDT)

Concerning the dutch version of this page: To bad but the first error is reported..... :-) If you want to see the about us part in dutch you have to go to the addres above. What a beautiful site! Congratulations to both of you! I guess one must be passionate to make all that research, apart from the programming aspect. I hope your site will have a long and prosperous journey all over the world! Lou
Lou
Montréal, QC Canada - Wednesday, August 18, 1999 at 00:36:55 (EDT)

Ha Hester en Wilco, Welcome to our guestbook. We appriciate it that you took the time to read the site. Comments are more than welcome. Greetings Wilco
Wilco <(email link disabled)>
Netherlands - Sunday, August 15, 1999 at 15:28:13 (EDT)