Compagnie Van Verre on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The () was one of the forerunner companies that were later merged (united) into the Dutch East India Company.
Inventaris van de archieven van de Compagnieën op Oost-Indië, 1594-1603 Compagnieën op Oost-Indië
Nationaal Archief 's-Gravenhage * Dillen, J.G. van (1958): ''Het oudste aandeelhoudersregister van de Kamer Amsterdam der Oost-Indische Compagnie''. Uitgegeven met steun van de Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij N.V. te Amsterdam. {{DEFAULTSORT:Compagnie Van Verre 16th century in Amsterdam History of the Dutch East India Company 1594 establishments in Europe 1598 disestablishments in Europe 1598 disestablishments 16th-century mergers and acquisitions Pepper trade Companies of the Dutch Republic
The () was one of the forerunner companies that were later merged (united) into the Dutch East India Company.
History
It was set up in 1594 by nine citizens ofAmsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
, to break Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
's monopoly
A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek and ) is a market in which one person or company is the only supplier of a particular good or service. A monopoly is characterized by a lack of economic Competition (economics), competition to produce ...
on the pepper trade. To do this, it sent an expedition of three heavily armed ships and a pinnace under the leadership of Cornelis de Houtman, with orders to break into the trade. (Cornelis' brother Frederik also worked for the company.)
On 2 April 1595 the ships set off from Texel, with 248 officers and men on board. The expedition (which became known as the ) followed the routes described by Jan Huygen van Linschoten after he had made the journey in the pay of the Portuguese. On 6 June 1596 the ships arrived at Bantam, the most important pepper port on Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...
. During the return trip, on 11 January 1597, ''Amsterdam'' was badly damaged and had to be left behind at the island of Bawean.
On 14 August 1597 the expedition arrived back in Amsterdam with only 87 survivors. The voyage was not a success commercially, but it proved that not only the Portuguese had the potential to trade in pepper.
In 1598 the merged with the and in 1597 with the '' Oude Compagnie''. The resulting company then merged with the in 1601 to form the , which in turn merged with many other companies (including the ) in 1602 into the Dutch East India Company (VOC), retaining a room in the VOC's chambers in Amsterdam.
Further reading
*Inventaris van de archieven van de Compagnieën op Oost-Indië, 1594-1603 Compagnieën op Oost-Indië
Nationaal Archief 's-Gravenhage * Dillen, J.G. van (1958): ''Het oudste aandeelhoudersregister van de Kamer Amsterdam der Oost-Indische Compagnie''. Uitgegeven met steun van de Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij N.V. te Amsterdam. {{DEFAULTSORT:Compagnie Van Verre 16th century in Amsterdam History of the Dutch East India Company 1594 establishments in Europe 1598 disestablishments in Europe 1598 disestablishments 16th-century mergers and acquisitions Pepper trade Companies of the Dutch Republic