The United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə oːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi]; abbr. VOC [veː(j)oːˈseː]), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of …

Nov 27, 2024 · The VOC (Dutch East India Company) is crucial to Dutch history. If you’ve lived in the Netherlands for a while, chances are you’ll have heard of it. Let’s take a deep dive into the world of the VOC.

Jan 14, 2025 · Dutch East India Company, trading company founded in the Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands) in 1602 to protect that state’s trade in the Indian Ocean and to assist in the Dutch war of independence from Spain.

Oct 31, 2023 · The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was formed in 1602 by the Staten-Generaal (States General) of the then Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The company was granted a 21-year charter with rights to trade exclusively in Asia and to buy valuable spices, such as nutmeg, mace, and cloves.

Recognising the potential of the East Indies spice trade, and to prevent competition eating into Dutch profits, the Dutch government amalgamated the competing merchant companies into the United East India Company (VOC).

The conflict began when the Dutch East India Company came and sent ambassadors to trade and build lodges and forts on the North Coast of Mataram but this was rejected by the Sultan Agung. [3] However, during the Military campaign in Surabaya, Sultan Agung using and manipulately the VOC to help him fight against Surabaya and its alliance. After completing the conquest of Surabaya, the sultan ...

The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in old-spelling Dutch) chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade and assure close relations between the government and its colonial enterprises in Asia.

Disbanded during the wars of the French Revolution in 1799, the VOC was the largest multinational corporation during the early modern period. It operated over 1500 ships and provided employment for over a million people in the Netherlands and Asia during its existence.

Sep 18, 2013 · In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Dutch East India Company, also known as the VOC (short for Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, or United East India Company), played a...

Feb 18, 2014 · The Staten Generaal granted a monopoly on the trade in the East Indies to the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC). The area of trade granted to the company was called the octrooigebied (trade zone).