But as trade with the Far East quickened and the ships of the Dutch East India Company returned to the Netherlands with their holds full of spices, textiles, and bone-white “China” enameled ...

On this date in 1602, the Dutch East India Company, known around the world as the VOC (for Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, United East-India Company referring to the country's union after ...

“the Dutch [East India] Company could not even muster the basic strength required to gain respect and independence there”. While writing, de Reus named Joseph Marquis Dupleix, the governor ...

yasinguneysu / Getty images The Dutch East India Co. holds the distinction of being the first company to offer equity shares of its business to the public, effectively conducting the world's ...

The Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie), known as the VOC, wasn’t state-owned as he suggests. It was the first limited liability company. With stocks traded on the world ...

The Dutch East India Company ship, the Zuytdorp, likely crashed into the shore of Western Australia in 1712 due to a storm and not bad navigation, new research has found. In an article published ...

South Africa was settled by the Dutch when the area was administered by the Dutch East India Company; thousands of Boers, or Dutch settlers, eventually trekked inland to escape British rule and ...

The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC or commonly known as the Dutch East India Company) is often associated with Indonesia, China and Japan. In India, however, the company covered an area ...

In 1609, a delegation from the Dutch East India Company traveled to Sunpu, Shizuoka Prefecture, for an audience with Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616). The company, founded in Amsterdam seven years ...

The ship Rooswijk, in its final journey, set off from the Netherlands to Batavia (Jakarta) with silver on board, destined for trade in Asia. Archaeologists and divers have uncovered new details of ...