Dutch East India Company

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The Dutch East India Company was a powerful 17th–18th century chartered trading corporation that dominated Dutch colonial trade in Asia and is often considered the world’s first multinational company and first issuer of stock.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered company
colonial empire actor
joint-stock company
multinational corporation
trading company
archivesLocation Nationaal Archief, The Hague
charterGranted 1602
country Dutch Republic
currencyUsed Dutch guilder
declinePeriod 18th century
dissolved 1799
engagedIn naval warfare
privateering
slave trade
foundedBy Dutch merchants
States General of the Netherlands
foundedColony Batavia
Cape Colony refreshment station
governedBy Heeren XVII
grantedBy States General of the Netherlands
hadLegalPower to coin money
to establish colonies
to negotiate treaties
to wage war
headquartersLocation Amsterdam
inception 1602
industry colonial administration
maritime trade
spice trade
knownFor being one of the first companies to issue stock
being one of the first multinational corporations
dominating Dutch colonial trade in Asia
establishing colonial outposts and forts
large-scale spice trade
naval power in the 17th century
mainBase Batavia
mainColony Dutch East Indies
mainPort Amsterdam
Batavia
Middelburg
monopolyOn Dutch trade east of the Cape of Good Hope
Dutch trade west of the Strait of Magellan
nativeName Dutch East India Company self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie
peakPeriod 17th century
precededBy Old East India Company (Oude Compagnie) and other small Dutch trading companies
product coffee
porcelain
silk
spices
sugar
tea
textiles
reasonForDissolution corruption and mismanagement
mounting debts
shareTradingLocation Amsterdam Stock Exchange
shortName VOC
successor Dutch state colonial administration in the East Indies
tradingRegion Cape Colony
surface form: Cape of Good Hope

East Asia
Indian Ocean
Indian subcontinent
Southeast Asia

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Pieter Both employer Dutch East India Company
Pieter Both appointedBy Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Heeren XVII of the Dutch East India Company
Hendrik Brouwer employer Dutch East India Company
Hendrik Brouwer memberOf Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Dutch East India Company leadership
Reinier de Klerk employer Dutch East India Company
Reinier de Klerk memberOf Dutch East India Company
United Provinces notableInstitution Dutch East India Company
Johor Sultanate tradingPartner Dutch East India Company
Maluku Islands historicallyControlledBy Dutch East India Company
States of Holland and West Friesland cooperatedWith Dutch East India Company
Deshima laterUsedBy Dutch East India Company
Deshima exclusiveTradingPostOf Dutch East India Company
Joan Maetsuycker employer Dutch East India Company
Joan Maetsuycker memberOf Dutch East India Company
Mare Liberum commissionedBy Dutch East India Company
De jure praedae commissionedBy Dutch East India Company
Bengal Subah tradingPartner Dutch East India Company
Jaffna Fort laterExpandedBy Dutch East India Company
Maria de la Quellerie associatedWith Dutch East India Company
Khoikhoi–Dutch conflicts at the Cape relatedTo Dutch East India Company
Dutch Coromandel colonialPower Dutch East India Company
Dutch Coromandel governingOrganization Dutch East India Company
Dutch Bengal colonialPower Dutch East India Company
Dutch Bengal tradingCompany Dutch East India Company
Pulicat hadColonialPower Dutch East India Company
Ludolf Bakhuizen employer Dutch East India Company
Philipp Franz von Siebold employer Dutch East India Company
1642–1643 Pacific voyage sponsor Dutch East India Company
Heemskerck operator Dutch East India Company
Heemskerck owner Dutch East India Company
Zeehaen operator Dutch East India Company
Hessel Gerritsz employer Dutch East India Company
Hessel Gerritsz associatedWith Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Dutch East India Company archives
Joan Blaeu employer Dutch East India Company
Dutch Mauritius establishedBy Dutch East India Company
Dutch Mauritius establishedBy Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie
Dutch Mauritius governingBody Dutch East India Company
Blaeu family cartographic enterprise client Dutch East India Company
Blaeu family cartographic enterprise suppliedChartsTo Dutch East India Company
Mataram Sultanate conflictWith Dutch East India Company
Mataram Sultanate vassalStateOf Dutch East India Company
Netherlands–Indonesia relations keyColonialEntity Dutch East India Company
Amsterdamse regenten associatedWith Dutch East India Company
Dutch regent class associatedWith Dutch East India Company
Ministry of Colonies of the Netherlands cooperatedWith Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Dutch East India Company (successor governmental roles after VOC era)
Mangkasar mentionedInContext Dutch East India Company
Fort Rotterdam builtBy Dutch East India Company
Fort Rotterdam operator Dutch East India Company