The United East India Company, commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world. Established on 20 March 1602 by
The United East India Company was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic.
The stock exchange of Hendrick de Keyser
A 17th-century plaque to the [Dutch] United East India Company, the VOC, in Hoorn
The return of the second Asia expedition of Jacob van Neck in 1599 by Cornelis Vroom
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies, or Insulind, a 'garland of Emeralds', was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declare
Dutch East India Company
…renewed several times it was allowed to expire on 31 December 1799, nationalising the company. While the VOC mainly operated in what later became the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia), the company also had important operations elsewhere. It employed people from different continents and origins in the same…
A sketch of life in the sultanate in the Indonesian region before the arrival of Europeans depicts a boat on the Bengawan Solo River.
The Dutch used their early historical weapons to conquer kingdoms in the archipelago at that time.
Diponegoro, who fought the Java War against the Dutch
Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen Figure Megalith found year 1931 Location of the Kepaksian Pernong Sekala Brak in Hanibung Batu Brak, independent Dutch control securing British settlements in Sumatra.