A report on Dutch East India Company
Chartered company established in 1602, when the States General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia.
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Dutch Republic
11 linksFederal republic which existed from 1588, during the Dutch Revolt, to 1795 (the Batavian Revolution).
Federal republic which existed from 1588, during the Dutch Revolt, to 1795 (the Batavian Revolution).
Through its trading companies, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Dutch West India Company (GWC), it established a Dutch colonial empire.
Dutch East Indies
9 linksDutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.
Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.
It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800.
East India Company
9 linksEnglish, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600.
English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600.
At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world, competing with the Dutch East India Company.
Dutch West India Company
11 linksChartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors.
Chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors.
When the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was founded in 1602, some traders in Amsterdam did not agree with its monopolistic policies.
Dutch Empire
13 linksThe Dutch Empire or Dutch colonial empire (Nederlandse koloniale rijk) comprised the overseas territories and trading posts controlled and administered by Dutch chartered companies—mainly the Dutch West India Company and the Dutch East India Company—and subsequently by the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), and by the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands after 1815.
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
7 linksThe capital of the Dutch East Indies.
The capital of the Dutch East Indies.
The founding of Batavia by the Dutch in 1619, on the site of the ruins of Jayakarta, led to the establishment of a Dutch colony; Batavia became the center of the Dutch East India Company's trading network in Asia.
New Netherland
9 links17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on what is now the East Coast of the United States.
17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on what is now the East Coast of the United States.
In 1609, English sea captain and explorer Henry Hudson was hired by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) located in Amsterdam to find a Northeast Passage to Asia, sailing around Scandinavia and Russia.
Indonesia
7 linksCountry in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
In 1602, the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and became the dominant European power for almost 200 years.
Maluku Islands
9 linksArchipelago in the east of Indonesia.
Archipelago in the east of Indonesia.
The Dutch East India Company in course of Dutch–Portuguese War allied with the Sultan of Ternate and conquered Ambon and Tidore in 1605, expelling the Portuguese.
Amsterdam
8 linksCapital and most populous city of the Netherlands; with a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.
Capital and most populous city of the Netherlands; with a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.
Amsterdam's merchants had the largest share in both the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company.