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 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 of Good Hope ⓘ
linked to: Cape Colony

East Asia ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ

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Dutch Republic → majorTradingCompany → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch Republic → charteredCompany → Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie ⓘ
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Henry Hudson → employer → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch East India Company → nativeName → Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East India Company
Dutch East Indies → predecessor → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch East Indies → memberOf → Dutch colonial trade network ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East India Company
Amsterdam Stock Exchange → foundedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Amsterdam Stock Exchange → associatedWith → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Afrikaners → colonialPowerOfOrigin → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → administeredBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Cape Colony → establishedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch Golden Age → notableInstitution → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Halve Maen → operator → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Halve Maen → operatedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Halve Maen → commissionedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
VOC → fullName → Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East India Company
VOC → fullNameInEnglish → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
VOC → abbreviationOf → Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie ⓘ
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Heeren XVII → appliesToOrganization → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Heeren XVII → partOf → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Batavia → foundedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch settlers → associatedWith → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Cape rixdollar → usedByColonialPower → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Semarang → foundedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon → conflictWith → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network → sawInterventionBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Jan van Riebeeck → employer → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Jan van Riebeeck → memberOf → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch Golden Age cartography → hasKeyRole → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire → dominantOrganization → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Willem Blaeu → employer → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Abel Tasman → employer → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Half Moon → operatedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Half Moon → voyageCommissionedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Middelburg → associatedWith → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch–Portuguese War → participant → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Coromandel Coast → wasImportantTo → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Anthony van Diemen → employer → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Anthony van Diemen → affiliation → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch navy of the Republic → supported → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Lords Seventeen → appliesToOrganization → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Lords Seventeen → memberOf → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Lords Seventeen → alsoKnownAs → Lords Seventeen of the VOC ⓘ
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Malabar Coast → laterColonialPower → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Cape Town → foundedBy → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Jan Pieterszoon Coen → employer → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Jan Pieterszoon Coen → memberOf → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Gerard Reynst → employer → Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Gerard Reynst → memberOf → Dutch East India Company ⓘ