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The United East India Company was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic. Amsterdam VOC headquarters. The United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə ʔoːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi]; abbr. VOC [veː(j)oːˈseː]), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of ...
Company rule in the Dutch East Indies began when the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, "United East India Company"; VOC) appointed the first governor-general of the Dutch East Indies in 1610, [2] and ended in 1800 when the bankrupt company was dissolved and its possessions were nationalized as the Dutch East Indies.
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established as a chartered company in 1602 and was designed to replace a number of earlier Dutch trading companies. [1] To prevent the constant infighting between rival companies, the Dutch States-General gave the company officially recognised status and allowed it fulfill some functions usually reserved for a state.
Dutch was used by only a limited educated elite, and in 1942, around two percent of the total population in the Dutch East Indies spoke Dutch, including over 1 million indigenous Indonesians. [128] A number of Dutch loan words are used in present-day Indonesian, particularly technical terms (see List of Dutch loan words in Indonesian ).
The Dutch Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name. The original colony and the successive states that the colony was incorporated into occupied much of modern South Africa.
Flag of the Dutch Republic or Prince's Flag was hoisted on the Castle of Good Hope and saluted by incoming ships [3]. The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) in Dutch) had been formed in the Dutch Republic in 1602, and the Dutch entered into competition for commerce in Southeast Asia.
Copper duit coin from 1735, with the VOC monogram on the obverse and the crowned coat of arms of Holland on the reverse. The duit (pronounced) (plural: duiten; English: doit [1]) was an old low-value Dutch copper coin. [2] Struck in the 17th and 18th centuries [3] in the territory of the Dutch Republic, it became an international currency.
The Dutch East India Company (known by its Dutch acronym, VOC) was founded on 20 March 1602 as a merger of the twelve voorcompagnieën, with the exclusive right to all Dutch navigation and trade in Asia and the East Indies, including the right to conclude treaties, declare and wage war, and establish fortresses and trading posts. [5]