The Brabant Company (Dutch - ), also known as the New Company (''Nieuwe Compagnie''), was a
precursor of the
Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company ( ; VOC ), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered company, chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world. Established on 20 March 1602 by the States Ge ...
(VOC).
The Brabantsche Company was set up in 1599, by
Jacques de Velaer,
Isaac le Maire
Isaac Le Maire (c. 1558 in Antwerp – September 20, 1624 in Egmond aan den Hoef) was a Dutch entrepreneur, investor, and a sizeable shareholder of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He is best known for his constant strife with the VOC, ...
,
Hans Hunger,
Marcus de Vogelaer and
Gerard Reynst. In 1600, the Brabantsche Company merged with the
Compagnie van Verre to form the Vereenigde Compagnie van Amsterdam.
Finally this company and other companies in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
,
West Friesland and
Zeeland
Zeeland (; ), historically known in English by the Endonym and exonym, exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North Brabant to the east ...
merged into the VOC in 1602.
See also
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European chartered companies founded around the 17th century (in French)
References
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