Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Dutch Virgin Islands is the collective name for the enclaves that the Dutch West India Company had in the Virgin Islands. The area was ruled by a director, whose seat was not permanent. The main reason for starting a colony here was that it lay strategically between the Dutch colonies in the south (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname) and New Netherlands. The Dutch West India Company was mainly affected by the competition from Denmark, England and Spain. In 1680 the remaining islands became part of the United Kingdom.. }
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- Dutch_Virgin_Islands abstract "The Dutch Virgin Islands is the collective name for the enclaves that the Dutch West India Company had in the Virgin Islands. The area was ruled by a director, whose seat was not permanent. The main reason for starting a colony here was that it lay strategically between the Dutch colonies in the south (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname) and New Netherlands. The Dutch West India Company was mainly affected by the competition from Denmark, England and Spain. In 1680 the remaining islands became part of the United Kingdom.".