VOC: The Dutch Company Given the Power to Wage War and Build an Empire from Spices
On 20 March 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands created the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, known as the VOC. Its charter gave the company a 21-year monopoly over Dutch trade in the zone between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Magellan. The VOC was not limited to buying and selling. It could sign treaties with Asian rulers, build forts, hire soldiers, hold courts, mint money, and wage war.
On 20 March 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands created the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, known as the VOC. Its charter gave the company a 21-year monopoly over Dutch trade in the zone between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Magellan. The VOC was not limited to buying and selling. It could sign treaties with Asian rulers, build forts, hire soldiers, hold courts, mint money, and wage war.
On 20 March 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands created the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, known as the VOC. Its charter gave the company a 21-year monopoly over Dutch trade in the zone between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Magellan. The VOC was not limited to buying and selling. It could sign treaties with Asian rulers, build forts, hire soldiers, hold courts, mint money, and wage war.
On 20 March 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands created the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, known as the VOC. Its charter gave the company a 21-year monopoly over Dutch trade in the zone between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Magellan. The VOC was not limited to buying and selling. It could sign treaties with Asian rulers, build forts, hire soldiers, hold courts, mint money, and wage war.
On 20 March 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands created the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, known as the VOC. Its charter gave the company a 21-year monopoly over Dutch trade in the zone between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Magellan. The VOC was not limited to buying and selling. It could sign treaties with Asian rulers, build forts, hire soldiers, hold courts, mint money, and wage war.
On 20 March 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands created the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, known as the VOC. Its charter gave the company a 21-year monopoly over Dutch trade in the zone between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Magellan. The VOC was not limited to buying and selling. It could sign treaties with Asian rulers, build forts, hire soldiers, hold courts, mint money, and wage war.