Which of the following statements is true about the Dutch colonization of the New World?

Which of the following statements is true about the Dutch colonization of the New World?
 
  A) In the 1630s, the Dutch won a large chunk of northern Brazil from the Portuguese.
  B) By the sixteenth century, the Dutch were evicted from the Caribbean by the French settlers.
  C) The Dutch first set foot in the New World shortly after the English colonies were established there.
  D) A Dutch trading company hired a Spanish sailor to sail up the Hudson River.
  E) The French settlers in the New World often collaborated with the Dutch in trading with the local tribes.