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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subject surface form: Zheng Chenggong
this entity surface form: Dutch East India Company in Taiwan
Bheemunipatnam formerColonialPower Dutch East India Company
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Fort Geldria establishedBy Dutch East India Company
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Fort Vijf Sinnen affiliation Dutch East India Company
Homestead Records parentCompany Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Dutch East India Trading
Homestead Records ownedBy Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Dutch East India Trading