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The UNESCO Memory of the World archive of the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC), consisting of approximately twenty-five million pages, not only gives insights into ...
On 20 March 1602, the Dutch East India Company (‘Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie’ in Dutch) or the VOC announced the first initial public offering (IPO), laying a foundation for modern ...
The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or VOC), which was established in 1602, was not the first of these.
In 1609, a delegation from the Dutch East India Company traveled to Sunpu, Shizuoka Prefecture, for an audience with Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616).
Shinsaku Kato, THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY AND ITS PRIVILEGE IN MUGHAL GUJARAT, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 79 (2018-19), pp. 293-302 ...
The story of the other East India Company: a Dutch enterprise in Ceylon (gorgeous images alert) They came to oust the Portuguese, but stayed far longer than the king of Ceylon wanted them to.
The East India Company’s royal charter gave it the ability to “wage war,” and initially it used military force to protect itself and fight rival traders. In 1757, however, it seized control ...
THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY IN NEW-YORK. Share full article Feb. 17, 1879 The New York Times Archives ...