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Dutch West India Company, an Uncommon card
The Chartered West India Company, also known as the Dutch West India Company, was a Dutch chartered company that was founded in 1621 and went defunct in 1792.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Dutch West India Company quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dutch West India Company card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Among its ______ were Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx, and Jessé de Forest.
Answer
founders. Among its founders were Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx, and Jessé de Forest. From the Dutch West India Company article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cali. Cali 84 · Justice 80 · Dutch West India Company 74 · Clotted cream 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sterling Shepard. Sterling Shepard 190,000 · Dutch West India Company 140,000 · David Ferrie 110,000 · Law of war 87,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Among its founders were Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx, and Jessé de Forest.
- On 3 June 1621, it was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the Dutch West Indies by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands and given jurisdiction over Dutch participation in the Atlantic slave trade, Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America.
- The area where the company could operate consisted of West Africa and the Americas, which included the Pacific Ocean and ended east of the Maluku Islands, according to the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dutch West India Company article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Dutch West India Company
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dutch West India Company (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Flag_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company.png : * Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg : Zscout370 deriv, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
