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William Bolts
William Bolts was a Dutch-born merchant and former servant of the British East India Company, expelled from Bengal after quarrels with its government. He persuaded the Austria of Maria Theresa to back a trading venture to Africa and Asia, and in 1777 founded the short-lived Austrian settlement on Delagoa Bay.
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