Asiatisk Kompagni

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Asiatisk Kompagni was the Danish Asiatic Company, a chartered trading company that managed Denmark-Norway’s trade and colonial interests in Asia during the early modern period.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Danish East India Company 3
Asiatisk Kompagni canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Danish trading company
chartered trading company
basedIn Denmark–Norway
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark-Norway
competedWith British East India Company
Dutch East India Company
French East India Company
country Denmark
Denmark–Norway
surface form: Denmark-Norway
economicActivity export of European goods to Asia
import of Asian goods to Europe
engagedIn colonial administration support
long-distance maritime voyages
hasCharterFrom Danish crown
hasPart factories in Asia
trading fleet
warehouses in Copenhagen
headquartersLocation Copenhagen
historicalPeriod early modern period
historicalSignificance central to Denmark-Norway’s Asian trade
instrument of Danish colonial expansion in Asia
industry Asian trade
maritime trade
trade
influenced Danish mercantile policy
languageOfWorkOrName Danish
monopolyOn Danish trade with Asia
operatedIn Asia
Canton
China
Danish India
India
Tranquebar
operatedUnder absolutist Danish monarchy
partOf Danish colonial empire
regionServed Europe
Indian Ocean
South China Sea
regulation royal charter
traded luxury goods
porcelain
silk
spices
tea
textiles
typeOfEnterprise joint-stock company
usedPort Canton
Copenhagen
Tranquebar

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Danish colonial empire hasPart Asiatisk Kompagni
Tranquebar builtBy Asiatisk Kompagni
subject surface form: Fort Dansborg
this entity surface form: Danish East India Company
Nathaniel Wallich employer Asiatisk Kompagni
this entity surface form: Danish East India Company
Fort Dansborg builtBy Asiatisk Kompagni
this entity surface form: Danish East India Company