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Dutch colonial empire, a Rare card
The Dutch colonial empire comprised overseas territories and trading posts under some form of Dutch control from the early 17th to late 20th centuries, including those initially administered by Dutch chartered companies, primarily the Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company, and subsequently governed by…
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Following the de facto independence of the Dutch Republic from the Spanish Empire in the late 16th century, various trading companies known as voorcompagnie led maritime expeditions overseas in search of commercial opportunities.
- By 1600, Dutch traders and mariners had penetrated the lucrative Asian spice trade but lacked the capital or manpower to secure or expand their ventures, this prompted the States General in 1602 to consolidate several trading enterprises into the semi-state-owned Dutch East India Company, which was granted a monopoly over Asian trade.
- In contrast to Spanish and Portuguese rivals, Dutch activities abroad were initially commercial ventures driven by merchant enterprise and characterised by control of international maritime shipping routes through strategically placed outposts, rather than by expansive territorial ventures.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dutch colonial empire article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Dutch colonial empire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Miyamaki , Oren neu dag , Artem Karimov , Golradir, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.





