Inhoudsopgave
Wat maakte de VOC zo bijzonder?
De VOC mocht forten bouwen, overeenkomsten sluiten met de vorsten en oorlog voeren. Dit mochten zij in het hele gebied vanaf Kaap de Goede Hoop tot aan de straat van Magellaan. Dit was erg bijzonder aangezien de VOC een bedrijf was, en dus heel veel macht kon uitoefenen.
Waar staat de VOC voor?
De Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie of in hedendaagse spelling Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, afgekort tot VOC (1602-1800), was een particuliere Nederlandse handelsonderneming met een monopolie op de overzeese handel tussen de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden en het gebied ten oosten van Kaap de Goede …
What is the history of the East India Company?
On 30th December 1600, Elizabeth I granted a charter to ‘The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies’. This corporate body received exclusive rights for fifteen years to trade to the ‘Indies’, an area that was defined as extending from the Cape of Good Hope to the Straits of Magellan.
What are the charters of the East India Company?
Charters of the East India Company with related documents: the ‘parchment records’ Legal and other formal documents relating mainly to the rights and privileges of the East India Company. When in 1875 Dr George Birdwood was appointed Curator of the Indian Museum, he was given a box of documents for the museum’s collection.
What powers did the British East India Company have?
The charter of James II in 1686 gave the Company the right to appoint maritime officers who in turn were entitled to raise naval forces; power was also granted to coin money in the currencies of Indian princes (A/1/40).
What was the name of the English company in the 1800s?
The charter of the English Company continued but it now covered both companies and the name of the corporation was changed to ‘The United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies””.