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=== Dutch Golden Age === Hoorn rapidly grew to become a major port city and a prosperous center of trade, which flourished during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, also known as the [[Dutch Golden Age]].<ref name="WG-Historie" /> It was the seat of the [[States of Holland and West Friesland|Committed Councils of West Friesland and the Noorderkwartier]] ({{Langx|nl|Gecommitteerde Raden}}) from 1573 to 1795, and the seat of the [[Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier]] from 1589 to 1795, together with [[Enkhuizen]].<ref name="WG-Historie" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Admiraliteit in het Noorderkwartier (1589-1795)|url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/repertoriumambtsdragersambtenaren1428-1861/app/instellingen/88/|access-date=28 June 2020|website=Huygens ING}}</ref> Furthermore, the city was an important home base for the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC), the [[Dutch West India Company]] (WIC) and the [[Noordsche Compagnie]].<ref name="WG-Historie" /> The city's fleet plied the seven seas and returned laden with precious commodities from the [[East Indies]]. Exotic spices such as [[black pepper|pepper]], [[nutmeg]], [[cloves]] and [[mace (spice)|mace]] were sold at vast profits.<ref name="WG-Historie" /> With their skill in trade and seafaring, sons of Hoorn established the city's name far and wide. In 1619, [[Jan Pieterszoon Coen]] (1587β1629), controversial for his violent raids in [[Southeast Asia]], "founded" the capital of the [[Dutch East Indies]], which he intended to name New Hoorn at first, though it was later decided that its name would be [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] (present-day [[Jakarta]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historiek.net/jan-pieterszoon-coen-1587-1629/5545/|title=Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587-1629) β Stichter van Batavia|date=21 August 2015|website=Historiek|language=nl|access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref> A statue of Coen was placed on the city's central square [[Roode Steen]] in 1893.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/omstreden-standbeeld-j-p-coen-van-sokkel-gevallen~b01456ca/|title=Omstreden standbeeld J.P. Coen van sokkel gevallen|date=16 August 2011|work=De Volkskrant|access-date=17 March 2019|language=nl-NL}}</ref> In 1616, the explorer [[Willem Schouten]], together with [[Jacob Le Maire]], braved furious storms as he rounded the southernmost tip of [[South America]]. He named it {{Lang|nl|Kaap Hoorn}} ([[Cape Horn]]) in honor of his home town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.netherlands-tourism.com/hoorn/|title=Hoorn|last=M|first=Jan|website=Netherlands Tourism|date=11 March 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>
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