Dutch West India Company

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered company ⓘ
colonial company ⓘ
trading company ⓘ
abbreviation WIC ⓘ
captured Bahia (briefly) ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Brazil

Elmina Castle ⓘ
Luanda ⓘ
Pernambuco ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Brazil

Portuguese Brazil (parts) ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Brazil
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 ⓘ
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 Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie ⓘ
notableColony Aruba ⓘ
Bonaire ⓘ
Curaçao ⓘ
Dutch Brazil ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
Saba ⓘ
Saint Martin (Dutch part) ⓘ
linked to: Sint Maarten

Sint Eustatius ⓘ
linked to: Leeward Islands

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 state (colonial administration) ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Republic

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Dutch Republic → majorTradingCompany → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch Republic → charteredCompany → Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie ⓘ
linked to: Dutch West India Company
New Netherland → foundedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
New Netherland → charteredCompany → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch West India Company → nativeName → Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie ⓘ
linked to: Dutch West India Company
Dutch Golden Age → notableInstitution → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch Brazil → establishedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch Brazil → governingBody → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Peter Stuyvesant → employer → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch settlers → associatedWith → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Willem Kieft → employer → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Willem Kieft → appointedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
WIC → fullName → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch West India Company → nativeName → West-Indische Compagnie ⓘ
subject linked to: WIC
linked to: Dutch West India Company
Elmina Castle → capturedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Chambers (Kamers) of the Dutch West India Company → partOf → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
subject linked to: chambers (Kamers)
Chambers (Kamers) of the Dutch West India Company → appliesTo → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
subject linked to: chambers (Kamers)
Heeren XIX → appliesToOrganization → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Heeren XIX → parentOrganization → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Fort Amsterdam → operator → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Fort Amsterdam → controlledBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch Golden Age cartography → hasKeyRole → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Fort Nassau (New Jersey) → operatedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire → dominantOrganization → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Jacob Roggeveen → employer → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen → employer → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch–Portuguese War → participant → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Amsterdam Chamber → partOf → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Amsterdam Chamber → parentOrganization → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch navy of the Republic → supported → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
New Holland → establishedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
New Holland → governingBody → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Hendrik Brouwer → employer → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
United Provinces → notableInstitution → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Delaware Colony → foundedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Fort Orange → colonialPower → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Fort Orange → builtBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Fort Orange → controlledBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Saba → formerColonyOf → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
States of Holland and West Friesland → cooperatedWith → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Mauritsstad → foundedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Beverwijck → colonialPower → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
St. George’s Castle → capturedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Wouter van Twiller → employer → Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Wouter van Twiller → appointedBy → Dutch West India Company ⓘ