VOC
036 VOC -'Dutch ships in the roadstead of Texel (the 'Gouden Leeuw' of Cornelis Tromp in the center'
"The Dutch West Indies Company (West-Indische Compagnie or WIC) started as a company of privateers. Its ships attacked enemy vessels and stole cargos, or indeed the entire craft. This was authorised by the States General as part of the war against Spain, and letters of marque sanctioning these attacks were issued to the WIC. Later, the WIC developed into a trading monopoly organising commerce with North and South America".©: text: www.rijksmuseum.nl
©: painting 'Dutch ships in the roadstead of Texel (the 'Gouden Leeuw' of Cornelis Tromp in the center', Ludolf Backhuysen, (1671) 92x140 cm. Wikimedia Commons, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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036a VOC -'Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company'
Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC), Nicolaas VERKOLJE, 1702 - 1746"Founded in 1602, the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC) flourished and survived for two centuries. The company, a combination of commercial organisations in various cities of Holland and Zeeland, traded both in Asia and between Asia and Europe. It was the first public company to issue negotiable shares and it developed into one of the biggest and most powerful trading and shipping concerns. The VOC ran its own shipyards, the largest being in Amsterdam. This spectacular trade with Asia made the Dutch Republic the world's key commercial hub."
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