Dutch West India Company

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chartered company colonial company trading company

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.

Amsterdam Chamber → parentOrganization → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Heeren XIX → parentOrganization → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Amsterdam Chamber → partOf → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
chambers (Kamers) → partOf → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Chambers (Kamers) of the Dutch West India Company
Dutch–Portuguese War → participant → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Arend → sailingFor → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch navy of the Republic → supported → Dutch West India Company ⓘ