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  1. The United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə oːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi], abbreviated as VOC, Dutch: [veː.oːˈseː]), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.

  2. May 28, 2024 · 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.

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  3. May 27, 2024 · The company met with opposition from the Dutch in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and the Portuguese. The Dutch virtually excluded company members from the East Indies after the Amboina Massacre in 1623 (an incident in which English, Japanese, and Portuguese traders were executed by Dutch authorities), but the company’s defeat of the ...

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  4. The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.

  5. Apr 10, 2019 · Learn about the Dutch East India Company, one of the first and most successful international corporations that dominated the spice trade and colonized Asia in the 17th and 18th centuries. Explore its rise and decline, organization, impact and legacy.

  6. Dec 18, 2023 · Learn about the history, operations, and legacy of the VOC, the first multinational corporation and a key player in Dutch colonialism. Find out how the VOC traded, fought, and colonised in Asia and beyond.

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