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Godfrey of Brabant (died July 11, 1302, in Kortrijk), was Lord of Aarschot, between 1284 and his death in 1302, and Lord of Vierzon, between 1277 and 1302.
The Dutch West India Company (Dutch: Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie) was a Dutch chartered company that was founded in 1621 and went defunct in 1792. Among its founders were Reynier Pauw , Willem Usselincx (1567–1647), and Jessé de Forest (1576–1624). [ 1 ]
These ambitions were further expanded under Jean-Baptiste Colbert with the founding of the French East and West Indies companies in 1664. [2] The company charters were usually limited to a specific commodity or region, but over time and through mergers the reach of these companies could change dramatically.
This is a list of the trading posts and settlements of the Dutch West India Company (active 1621–1791), including chronological details of possessions taken over from the Dutch state in 1621, and for the period after 1791 when the Dutch government took over responsibility again.
West India Company may refer to: Danish West India Company , (1659–1776), Danish-Norwegian chartered company, also active in the slave trade Dutch West India Company aka GWC or WIC (1621–1792), Dutch chartered company, with jurisdiction over slave-trade in the Atlantic, Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America
The company changed its policy, and it sought to cede islands such as Tortola and Virgin Gorda to private persons for settlement, and to establish slave pens. The island of Tortola was eventually sold to Willem Hunthum at some point in the 1650s, at which time the Dutch West India Company's interest in the territory effectively ended.
' Company of the Indies ') from 1719. It was also popularly referred to as the Compagnie du Mississippi (lit. ' Mississippi Company '), for which the related stock market boom-and-bust was known as the Mississippi Bubble. The company was at the center of the broader monetary and fiscal scheme known as Law's System (French: le système de Law).
The Brabant Company (Dutch - Brabantsche Compagnie), also known as the New Company (Nieuwe Compagnie), was a precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Brabantsche Company was set up in 1599, by Jacques de Velaer , Isaac le Maire , Hans Hunger , Marcus de Vogelaer and Gerard Reynst .