Dutch East India Company (VOC)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dutch_East_India_Company_(VOC)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:merchant historical company
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:VOC
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Dutch_Republic
gptkbp:dissolved	1799
gptkbp:employs	over 50,000 people at its peak
gptkbp:first_company_to_issue_shares	true
gptkbp:first_multinational_corporation	true
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:VOC_monogram_flag
gptkbp:founded	1602
gptkbp:granted_monopoly_by	gptkb:States-General_of_the_Netherlands
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Amsterdam
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Amsterdam gptkb:Rotterdam gptkb:Enkhuizen gptkb:Hoorn gptkb:Delft gptkb:Batavia gptkb:Zeeland gptkb:Middelburg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dutch East India Company (VOC)
gptkbp:industry	gptkb:colonialism shipping trade
gptkbp:monopoly_region	gptkb:Asia
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:Vereenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie
gptkbp:notableCompetitor	gptkb:British_East_India_Company gptkb:Dutch_West_India_Company gptkb:French_East_India_Company gptkb:English_East_India_Company gptkb:Portuguese_East_India_Company gptkb:Portuguese_India_Armadas gptkb:Danish_West_India_Company gptkb:Austrian_East_India_Company gptkb:Compagnie_des_Indes_Occidentales gptkb:Compagnie_des_Indes_Orientales gptkb:Danish_Africa_Company gptkb:Danish_East_India_Company gptkb:Dutch_Adriatic_Company gptkb:Dutch_Africa_Company gptkb:Dutch_Alabama_Company gptkb:Dutch_Alaska_Company gptkb:Dutch_Antilles_Company gptkb:Dutch_Arizona_Company gptkb:Dutch_Arkansas_Company gptkb:Dutch_Baltic_Company gptkb:Dutch_Barbary_Company gptkb:Dutch_Berbice_Company gptkb:Dutch_Black_Sea_Company gptkb:Dutch_Brazil_Company gptkb:Dutch_Caribbean_Company gptkb:Dutch_Carolina_Company gptkb:Dutch_Colorado_Company gptkb:Dutch_Connecticut_Company gptkb:Dutch_Curacao_Company gptkb:Dutch_Delaware_Company gptkb:Dutch_Demerara_Company gptkb:Dutch_Essequibo_Company gptkb:Dutch_Florida_Company gptkb:Dutch_Georgia_Company gptkb:Dutch_Greenland_Company gptkb:Dutch_Guiana_Company gptkb:Dutch_Guinea_Company gptkb:Dutch_Hanseatic_Company gptkb:Dutch_Hawaii_Company gptkb:Dutch_Hudson_Company gptkb:Dutch_Idaho_Company gptkb:Dutch_Illinois_Company gptkb:Dutch_Indiana_Company gptkb:Dutch_Iowa_Company gptkb:Dutch_Kansas_Company gptkb:Dutch_Kentucky_Company gptkb:Dutch_Levant_Company gptkb:Dutch_Louisiana_Company gptkb:Dutch_Manhattan_Company gptkb:Dutch_Maryland_Company gptkb:Dutch_Mediterranean_Company gptkb:Dutch_Michigan_Company gptkb:Dutch_Minnesota_Company gptkb:Dutch_Mississippi_Company gptkb:Dutch_Missouri_Company gptkb:Dutch_Montana_Company gptkb:Dutch_Morocco_Company gptkb:Dutch_Muscovy_Company gptkb:Dutch_Nebraska_Company gptkb:Dutch_Nevada_Company gptkb:Dutch_New_Jersey_Company gptkb:Dutch_New_Mexico_Company gptkb:Dutch_New_Netherland_Company gptkb:Dutch_North_Company gptkb:Dutch_North_Dakota_Company gptkb:Dutch_Ohio_Company gptkb:Dutch_Oregon_Company gptkb:Dutch_Pennsylvania_Company gptkb:Dutch_Russia_Company gptkb:Dutch_Saint_Eustatius_Company gptkb:Dutch_South_Dakota_Company gptkb:Dutch_Suriname_Company gptkb:Dutch_Tennessee_Company gptkb:Dutch_Tobago_Company gptkb:Dutch_Utah_Company gptkb:Dutch_Virginia_Company gptkb:Dutch_Washington_Company gptkb:Dutch_Wisconsin_Company gptkb:Dutch_Wyoming_Company gptkb:English_Company_Trading_to_the_East_Indies gptkb:French_Compagnie_des_Indes gptkb:French_West_India_Company gptkb:Genoese_East_India_Company gptkb:Hamburg_East_India_Company gptkb:Ostend_Company gptkb:Prussian_East_India_Company gptkb:Spanish_East_India_Company gptkb:Swedish_Africa_Company gptkb:Swedish_East_India_Company
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Anglo-Dutch_Wars gptkb:Battle_of_Ambon gptkb:Deshima_trading_post_in_Japan gptkb:Dutch_conquest_of_the_Banda_Islands Bankruptcy in 1799 Founding of Cape Colony
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Anthony_van_Diemen gptkb:Jan_Pieterszoon_Coen gptkb:Joan_Maetsuycker
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:Halve_Maen gptkb:Duyfken gptkb:Amsterdam_(ship) gptkb:Batavia_(ship) gptkb:Vergulde_Draeck gptkb:Zeewijk gptkb:Zuytdorp
gptkbp:operates	gptkb:Ceylon gptkb:Indian_Ocean gptkb:Japan gptkb:Batavia gptkb:Cape_Colony gptkb:Formosa gptkb:East_Indies
gptkbp:share_trading_location	gptkb:Amsterdam_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Dutch_East_Indies_(colonial_administration)
gptkbp:tradedOn	gptkb:café gptkb:ceramics gptkb:silk gptkb:sugar textiles spices opium
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_peer gptkb:Sultan_Agung
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5