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Thanks, I did not realize that bit of context was lost in the copy/paste as I'm Dutch, and VOC can only refer to one thing in my country ;)

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Since you might be interested, I've studied history at the university level in English, and it's generally referred to the VOC in English as well to prevent confusion with the English/British East India Company, at least in academic texts.

Actually there's also a Dutch VC firm named VOC Capital.

They even copied the logo, just in case you're not sure that they really named themselves after the blackest page in Dutch history. I love it.

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