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Adam Westerwolt
Dutch admiral
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history of Sri Lanka
- In Sri Lanka: Kandy and its struggle with European powers
…admiral of the Dutch fleet, Adam Westerwolt, who was then blockading Goa, India. The fleet came to Sri Lanka and captured Batticaloa. Westerwolt and Rajasinha II concluded a treaty on May 23, 1638, giving the Dutch a monopoly on most of Sri Lanka’s cinnamon and a repayment in merchandise for…
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