The Dutch East India Company

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

VOC (1602)

• East India Company
• Traded spices

VOC successful trading network

Colonization of the Americas (the west)

• Spain and Portugal were the dominant powers in the Americas. 
• The Dutch also wanted a share of the Americas.

WIC (1621)

• West India Company
• Traded African slaves, sugar, tea, tobacco and weopons.

WIC (1621)

• A multinational company.
• Monopoly of Dutch trade in the West. 
• Right to wage war.
• Main purpose in the beginning= Hijacking Spanish ships

WIC - Triangel voyage

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