Disambiguation evidence for WIC via surface form

"Dutch West India Company"


As subject (44)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Dutch West India Company".

Predicate Object
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
foundedBy States General of the Netherlands
surface form: States-General of the Netherlands
headquartersLocation Amsterdam
inception 1621
instanceOf chartered company
instanceOf trading company
legalStatus monopoly company
mainActivity privateering
mainActivity slave trade
mainCommodity gold
mainCommodity silver
mainCommodity slaves
mainCommodity sugar
mainCommodity tobacco
mainIndustry Atlantic trade
mainIndustry colonization
monopolyOn Dutch trade and navigation south of the Tropic of Cancer in the Americas
monopolyOn 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
operatedInColony Bonaire
operatedInColony Curaçao
operatedInColony Dutch Brazil
operatedInColony New Netherland
operatedInColony Saba
operatedInColony Sint Eustatius
operatedInColony Suriname
operatedInColony parts of the Gold Coast
primaryRegionOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
primaryRegionOfActivity Caribbean
primaryRegionOfActivity North America
primaryRegionOfActivity South America
primaryRegionOfActivity West Africa
purpose challenging Iberian dominance in Atlantic trade
purpose supporting Dutch colonial expansion
successor Dutch state administration of its colonies