The Dutch East India Company
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2024
- The largest, richest, most powerful and most ruthless company in history, the VOC dominated world trade, started wars, opened up new frontiers, destroyed whole populations, were responsible for starting apartheid in South Africa and discovering Australia and New Zealand. How did it all start? The history of the organization, the huge successes and the failures of the world’s first multinational company.
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as indonesian this is the most complete lesson about VOC history and south world.
I've been in the little Chapel at Fort St. George. A wonderful charming place.
Up to 1631, the VOC did not make one cent of profit. That is why trading in shares was invented. It is incorrect to say that the Netherlands up to that time were rich because of the VOC. After that time, yes. But initially the Netherlands were rich because of the baltic trade, called the "mother trade" in the Netherlands. Also good moneymakers were herring, whales and the mediterranian trade. NOT trade in spices yet. Also it should be more emphasized that for the Netherlands, in 1602 it was still in the middle of it's 80 year war of independence against Spain and Portugal. The VOC was made with sovereign powers not to make money, but the damage the enemy. Trade was an object, but it only served as an incentive to invest in the war so that the Dutch state was a bit relieved of that and could concentrate on territorial defence and fighting the English and French in European waters (for which the VOC had to lend out ships anyway). It was an innovative idea to keep tax low. It was later when things increasingly derailed with the VOC, both morally and financially. But... do not make the mistake to see it through 21st century morals. We are talking about 17th century morals here. Trade was survival of the fittest, and the Geneva convention or human rights were not invented yet. Humans were people who were protestant christians. The rest was not to worry too much about.
And their 1630s high point of wealth comes from their ownership and trading in the tulip craze.
I appreciate this insight
It's refered to as "the mother of all trades". Thanks for the post, new ideas, more learning.
Great content!
I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you very much
Glad you enjoyed it!
👌, Excellent, I have 1760 duch Indian coin in my collection.
Nice I have a a bowl with the voc symbol on it don't no how old it is.
Very intriguing history about my homeland
One could actually invest in the VOC with much lower capital than 3000 guilders. The smallest among the initial investors in Amsterdam had contributed only ƒ50, which was worth more or less 1.5 oz t of gold, or "a few thousand bucks".
That's really good. Was that near the start too so he made money his investment.
@@JamieZero7 This was at the IPO so to speak.
@@mistersir3020 Ah nice must have made sweet gains on that. Always nice to hear about the little guy making it.
My grandfather vividly remember how ruthless Bolanda (Netherlands armed forces in Sumatra my homeland) about that time when they took his buffalos and goats by force and no pay. Also asking him and his fellow Bataks to pay "balasting" which was 50% of the produced paddy rice from all of his fields to be given to them every time they harvest. In Christmas 2019, I and my wife and my two sons enjoy Christmas in Amsterdam. My sons love Amsterdam. The people are all friendly to us. I wish we all learn from the past and make good of what we learn to make the world a better place to live for all nations. Let's us help maintain United Nations as our forum to eliminate all forms of social injustice from the face of our world, our home. Thank you for sharing.
Yes, let’s be truly grateful to all fellow people.
A single corporation was the reason for Cape town, bringing the Boers to South Africa,
Good presentation
At 12:20 the speaker asserts to show the foundational charter of the VOC of 1602 but it is a receipt for 250 guilders being the first installment of a capital payment received in Antwerp on August 16, 1723, obtaining rights ("octroy") in the capital of a company called (in English) Empirial Indian Company, It may not have anything to do with the VOC at all as the Dutch did not have or did not recognise an emperor from 1575 onwards, which led to the 80 years war that ended in 1648, parallel to the 30 years war, remember?
About de Houtmans first voyage/ not allowed to land on St. Helena: Too bad I couldn´t see your facial expression. But the joke comes through anyway. :) I don´t know if you´re familiar with the movie "a bridge too far". The whole voyage reminds me a bit of the last scene, where the british commander of the paratroopers states: "I came with 8000 men. I leave with 2000. I´m not so sure if it was a succsess." But there are always different perspectives and I really enjoy how you teach us a bit about a chapter of history. I also liked for example how you summarised the conflict on Java. I´m not Dutch, but I say bedankt. Also to some of the people who wrote comments, which I normally hardly read.
Most Dutch hardly know who Coen is, let alone see him as some national hero. They're well aware of the barbarism the VOC brought to these lands. The school curiculum does not hold back when it comes to the glory of the VOC and the Darkness it held. I know this: for I used to teach this curiculum. It's actually pretty well balanced. He might be some hero for some extreme nationalists who tend to overlook the flaws and overstate the glory for politics sake, but everybody else wont have a clue and might have only heard his name drop somewhere. The real national hero is probably still Johan Cruiijf. lol.
“Cargo”…such a polite way of avoiding the mention of the human slave trade (human trafficking) their greatest profit making product!
Slave traders first, then products. Also, if you lay over a map of star forts, and their timeline of being built, lo and behold, it unveils world history and explains many wars in the world!
Absolutely G~dBless The Dutch Brit & USA, Fire~On In The Spirit.. kdagPlymouthUK
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The VOC reminds me of the Wagner mercenaries of Prigoshin...
Moscow is +- 500 years behind in building a responsible state gvnment.
Interesting how the economic need for chattel slavery and apartheid as the financial foundation of the VOC is not discussed at all and not typed out in this presentation anywhere.
grüße
Bro one ship increased the English treasury by 50%!
Wow they built the most powerful ships and sailed across the world.
So many jealous haters awho couldn't built such ships are crying. Losers🇿🇦
Coen is pronounced "coon", not "cohen".
Biggest company ever...
*laughs in BlackRock
No mention of the Battle of Colachel? That is the ONLY instance of an Asian King (dom) defeating a major European power. This was in 1741, led by the Travancore King Marthanda Varman.....
From 2:00 to about 25:00
Nah there’s only one statue of Coen, in Hoorn. And he’s not a national hero, by any means.
The Dutch East India Company was owned and operated by Ashkenazy. They are still in operation just under another name
Erm
I'm pretty sure that The Venetians actually operated the company
Webster Tarpley is my source