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 ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company, which dominated the Asian spice trade in the 17th century and is sometimes called the first multinational corporation. Show more ...

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 ...

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 ...

'Fast' is an understatement for the stock market today. Real-time price updates on a screen and stocks changing hands at the click of a button—this is the face of modern trading, be it in Tokyo ...

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 ...

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 ...

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