Barent Lasonder was the first to go, Hendrik Willemsz the last. Ordinary men from Enschede who left for the Indies in the service of the Dutch East India Company. Hundreds of other people from Twente, including 74 fellow townspeople, followed their example. The vast majority never returned. Historian Christian Rijnberg tells their story.
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Barent Lasonder was the first to go, Hendrik Willemsz the last. Ordinary men from Enschede who left for the Indies in the service of the Dutch East India Company. Hundreds of other people from Twente, including 74 fellow townspeople, followed their example. The vast majority never returned. Historian Christian Rijnberg tells their story.