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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Bencoolen colonialRival Dutch East India Company
Maria van Aelst associatedWith Dutch East India Company
Maria van Aelst spouseEmployer Dutch East India Company
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War participant Dutch East India Company
Coen employer Dutch East India Company
subject surface form: Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Banda Islands massacre hasPerpetrator Dutch East India Company
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications builder Dutch East India Company
Macassar colonialPower Dutch East India Company
Makassarese people colonialEncounter Dutch East India Company
Sadras formerColonialPower Dutch East India Company
Anglo-Dutch relations involvesOrganization Dutch East India Company
Malay sultanates conflictedWith Dutch East India Company
Brouwer Route usedBy Dutch East India Company
Brouwer Route implementedAsStandardBy Dutch East India Company
Reynst employer Dutch East India Company
subject surface form: Gerrit Reynst
Banda Neira usedBy Dutch East India Company
Ayutthaya Kingdom diplomaticRelations Dutch East India Company
Sunda Kelapa associatedWith Dutch East India Company
Kota Tua Jakarta developedBy Dutch East India Company
Cornelis van der Lijn employer Dutch East India Company
Cornelis van der Lijn appointedBy Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Heeren XVII of the Dutch East India Company
Cornelis van der Lijn affiliation Dutch East India Company
Tidore conflictWith Dutch East India Company
subject surface form: Sultanate of Tidore
Sultanate of Banten conflictWith Dutch East India Company
Banda Islands colonizedBy Dutch East India Company
Asiatisk Kompagni competedWith Dutch East India Company
Jeremias van Riemsdijk employer Dutch East India Company
Dejima laterUsedBy Dutch East India Company
Dejima managedBy Dutch East India Company
Graaff-Reinet foundedBy Dutch East India Company
Willem Arnold Alting employer Dutch East India Company
The Free Sea commissionedBy Dutch East India Company
Ambon Island colonizedBy Dutch East India Company
Kingdom of Cochin wasProtectorateOf Dutch East India Company
Kingdom of Cochin signedTreatyWith Dutch East India Company
Simon van der Stel employer Dutch East India Company
Simon van der Stel affiliation Dutch East India Company
A Famosa fort laterControlledBy Dutch East India Company
subject surface form: A Famosa
eastern frontier of the Cape Colony governedBy Dutch East India Company
Chihkan Tower (Fort Provintia) builtBy Dutch East India Company
subject surface form: Chihkan Tower
Kingdom of Mrauk U tradedWith Dutch East India Company
Gowa Sultanate conflict Dutch East India Company
Kandyan kings resisted Dutch East India Company
පෙදෙසේන කොටුව controlledBy Dutch East India Company
Zamorin of Calicut conflictWith Dutch East India Company
Dutch Fort Negombo rebuiltBy Dutch East India Company
Negapatam colonialPower Dutch East India Company
Dejima trading post laterUsedBy Dutch East India Company