WIC

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Dutch West India Company chartered company trading company

WIC is the common abbreviation for the Dutch West India Company, a 17th-century chartered trading company of the Dutch Republic involved in Atlantic trade, colonization, and privateering.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dutch West India Company 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch West India Company ⓘ
chartered company ⓘ
chartered company ⓘ
trading company ⓘ
trading company ⓘ
abbreviation WIC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
charterGrantedBy States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: States-General of the Netherlands
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
dissolved 1792 ⓘ
foundedBy Dutch merchants ⓘ
States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: States-General of the Netherlands
fullName Dutch West India Company ⓘ
headquartersLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
inception 1621 ⓘ
legalStatus monopoly company ⓘ
mainActivity privateering ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
mainCommodity gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
sugar ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
mainIndustry Atlantic trade ⓘ
colonization ⓘ
monopolyOn Dutch trade and navigation south of the Tropic of Cancer in the Americas ⓘ
Dutch trade and navigation west of the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
nativeName Dutch West India Company ⓘ
surface form: West-Indische Compagnie
nativeNameLanguage Dutch ⓘ
notableCommander Piet Hein ⓘ
notableEvent capture of the Spanish silver fleet in 1628 ⓘ
notableGovernor Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
operatedInColony Aruba ⓘ
Bonaire ⓘ
Curaçao ⓘ
Dutch Brazil ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
Saba ⓘ
Sint Eustatius ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
parts of the Gold Coast ⓘ
primaryRegionOfActivity Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
purpose challenging Iberian dominance in Atlantic trade ⓘ
supporting Dutch colonial expansion ⓘ
successor Dutch state administration of its colonies ⓘ

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WIC → abbreviation → WIC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Dutch West India Company