Part B Which excerpt from the text best supports the answer to Part A? a. The vessel sailed for the Dutch West India Company, its mission to purchase from the natives a base from which to conduct company trade.
(sentence 2)
b. For goods worth only about sixty Dutch guilders ... he concluded what he thought was a splendid bargain, acquiring the island for the company.
(sentence 5)
c. “There is enough here to share. I accept your offerings, and I welcome you in
peace.” (sentences 14-15)
d. He did not understand why later they expected him and his people to leave the area. (sentence 16)