Holando-Argentino Holando-Argentino Holando-Argentino is a breed of cattle primarily found in Argentina, and derived from Holstein-Friesian Cattle. It was first introduced from the Netherlands in 1880, to the fertile regions of the Pampas, and devoted to the production of both beef and milk. Holando-Argentino cattle can be now found in the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba and Entre Ríos, as well as in small river basins in Salta, Tucumán, Formosa, Catamarca and Mendoza. They have also been exported to neighbouring countries. They are now primarily kept for milk production. The cows are medium-sized, standing 1.4 to 1.5 metres
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa never before been witnessed in this country, as one tribe was nearly always waging war against another." The net effect of the Dutch campaign was a "pax Hollandica" (Dutch peace), assuring VOC control in the southwest of the island. The Dutch called their new area of control the "Verenigde Dorpen" (United Villages), a deliberate allusion to the United Provinces of their homeland. The campaign was vital to the success and growth of the Dutch colony, which had operated as more of a trading post than a true colony until that point. In 1629, the third governor of Dutch Formosa, Pieter