Dutch East India Company, trading company founded in the Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands) in 1602 to protect that state’s trade in the Indian Ocean and to assist in the Dutch war of independence from Spain. The company prospered through most of
East India Company n 1.(Historical Terms) the company chartered in 1600 by the British government to trade in the East Indies: after being driven out by the Dutch, it developed trade with India until the Indian Mutiny (1857), when the Crown took over the administration: the company was di...
first defeat the imperialistic power. This is the case for the BritishEastIndiaCompany. Before its establishment‚ thecompanyfaces many strong powers such as the Portuguese‚ Spaniards‚ andDutch. In 1588‚ Spanish Armada were defeated‚ British were able to enter this competitive field in ...
(an incident in which English, Japanese, and Portuguese traders were executed by Dutch authorities), but the company’s defeat of the Portuguese inIndia(1612) won them tradingconcessionsfrom theMughal Empire. The company settled down to a trade incottonandsilkpiece goods,indigo, and saltpetre, ...
Compagnie (VOC—Dutch East India Company), containing confidential information belonging to the company. wdl.org 范德汉姆添加的重要资料中,有一套共四卷的手绘地图和地形图,这些图片最初由 Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie(VOC—荷兰东印度公司)制作 ,其中包含有该公 司 的机 密信息。 wdl.org [.....
The Dutch East India Company, Indian Textiles and the Slave Trade in the Seventeenth CenturyAlam, Ishrat
English traders frequently fought their Dutch and Portuguese counterparts in the Indian Ocean. The company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of Swally in 1612, at Suvali in Surat. The company decided to explore the feasibility of a foothold in mainland India, with offic...
East India Company 例句 1.The East Indian Company's factories were established. 东印度公司代办处建立了。 2.The Dutch East India Company tried to recruit Chinese pirates as privateers to help them control the Asian market trade. 当时,荷兰的东印度公司还想征用中国海盗来组建其私有武装船队,以帮助它...
The East India Company received its charter from parliament in 1600 for the monopoly of trade in the eastern hemisphere. Unable to compete with the Dutch in the East Indies themselves, the Company soon came to concentrate its energies on trade with India. Its growing regional influence - ...
A number of European countries established companies in order to participate in trade in the Indian Ocean region (which included India, the East Indies, and sometimes China). The British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company are relatively well-remembered, but Austria, Sweden, ...