Dutch West India Company
E2098
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie | 3 |
| West-Indische Compagnie | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chartered company
ⓘ
colonial company ⓘ trading company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WIC ⓘ |
| captured |
Dutch Brazil
ⓘ
surface form:
Bahia (briefly)
Elmina Castle ⓘ Luanda ⓘ Dutch Brazil ⓘ
surface form:
Pernambuco
Dutch Brazil ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Brazil (parts)
|
| charterRenewed | 1674 ⓘ |
| country | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1792 ⓘ |
| economicFocus |
fur trade in North America
ⓘ
sugar plantations ⓘ tobacco trade ⓘ |
| governingBody | Heeren XIX ⓘ |
| grantedBy |
States General of the Netherlands
ⓘ
surface form:
States-General of the Netherlands
|
| hasMonopolyOn | Dutch Atlantic trade ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| inception | 1621 ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | Dutch ⓘ |
| legalForm | joint-stock company ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
colonial administration
ⓘ
privateering ⓘ slave trade ⓘ trade in sugar ⓘ |
| mainChamber | Amsterdam Chamber ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Dutch West India Company
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie
|
| notableColony |
Aruba
ⓘ
Bonaire ⓘ Curaçao ⓘ Dutch Brazil ⓘ New Netherland ⓘ Saba ⓘ Sint Maarten ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Martin (Dutch part)
Leeward Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Sint Eustatius
Suriname ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Piet Hein ⓘ |
| notableEvent | capture of the Spanish treasure fleet of 1628 ⓘ |
| notableGovernor | Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ North America ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| organizedAs | chambers (Kamers) ⓘ |
| shareholdersIncluded |
Amsterdam merchants
ⓘ
Zeeland merchants ⓘ |
| successor |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch state (colonial administration)
|
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chambers (Kamers) of the Dutch West India Company
this entity surface form:
Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie
subject surface form:
Peter Stuyvesant
Stad en Lande (Groningen) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
→
employer
→
Dutch West India Company
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie
subject surface form:
Dutch West India Company
this entity surface form:
West-Indische Compagnie
this entity surface form:
Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie