Rickloffe van Goen
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Rickloffe van Goen was the Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company
. On 20 February 1673, he with his fleet of 6,000 men attacked Bombay. Soon, The Treaty of Westminster
concluded between England and the Netherlands in 1674, relieved the British settlements in Bombay of further apprehension from the Dutch
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
. On 20 February 1673, he with his fleet of 6,000 men attacked Bombay. Soon, The Treaty of Westminster
Treaty of Westminster (1674)
The Treaty of Westminster of 1674 was the peace treaty that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Signed by the Netherlands and England, it provided for the return of the colony of New Netherland to England and renewed the Treaty of Breda of 1667...
concluded between England and the Netherlands in 1674, relieved the British settlements in Bombay of further apprehension from the Dutch