Dutch East India Company: Difference between revisions

| native_name = {{ubl|Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie|Generale Vereenichde Geoctrooieerde Compagnie {{lang|en|italic=no|(original name)}}|Vereenigde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oostindische Compagnie <small>{{noitalic|(formal name)}}</small>}}

| native_name_lang = nl

| fate = [[Dissolution (law)|Dissolved]] and [[Nationalization|nationalised]] as [[Dutch East Indies]]

| predecessor = {{collapsible list|bullets=y|title={{nobold|{{lang|nl|[[Voorcompagnie|Voorcompagnieën]]}}/Pre-companies (1594–1602){{efn|The so-called {{lang|nl|voorcompagnieën}} (or pre-companies) include: {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Compagnie van Verre]]}} (Amsterdam, 1594–1598), {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Voorcompagnie|Nieuwe Compagnie]]}}, {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Voorcompagnie|Eerste Verenigde Compagnie op Oost-Indië]]}} (Amsterdam, 1598–1601), {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Voorcompagnie|Oude Oost-Indische Compagnie]]}} (Amsterdam, 1598–1601), {{lang|nl|italic=no|Verenigde Amsterdamse Compagnie}}, {{lang|nl|italic=no|Nieuwe of Tweede Compagnie}}, {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Brabantsche Compagnie]]}}, {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Nieuwe Brabantsche Compagnie]]}}, {{lang|nl|italic=no|Magelhaensche Compagnie/Rotterdamse Compagnie}}, {{lang|nl|italic=no|Middelburgse Compagnie}}, {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Veerse Compagnie]]}} (Zeeland, 1597), {{lang|nl|italic=no|Verenigde Zeeuwse Compagnie}} (Middelburg & Veere, 1600), {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Compagnie van De Moucheron]]}} (Zeeland, 1600), and {{lang|nl|italic=no|[[Voorcompagnie|Delftse Vennootschap]]}}. Niels Steensgaard (''The Asian Trade Revolution of the Seventeenth Century'', 1973) notes, "the {{lang|nl|voorcompagnieën}} were not [[Incorporation (business)|incorporated]], but were run by a number of {{lang|nl|bewindhebbers}}, who were joined together like partners in a simple company, i.e. traded on joint account".}}}}