A small European nation transformed into a global trading empire, reshaping history through the Dutch East India Company, or ...

It turns out that modern stock trading traces its roots back to a Dutch trading company over four centuries ago. On 20 March 1602, the Dutch East India Company (‘Vereenigde Oostindische ...

The Dutch began trading slaves in the 1500s and became a major player in the 1600s. Slavery only ended in the Dutch Caribbean islands and Suriname in 1863 — although some slaves were not freed ...

Dutch Shipwrecks Provide Look at an Empire's Past. Thousands of Trading Vessels Preserved in Coastal Sea. November 18, 2000. By Arthur Max. TEXEL ISLAND, Netherlands -- Corneilis Claesoon's ...

Later, the Dutch would be among the first with access to exotic spices delivered to Europe via a vast trading empire. The Dutch East Indian Trading Company brought ginger, cinnamon, saffron and ...

RIK VAN WELIE, SLAVE TRADING AND SLAVERY IN THE DUTCH COLONIAL EMPIRE: A GLOBAL COMPARISON, NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, Vol. 82, No. 1/2 (2008), pp. 47-96 ...

Trading took place at three key locations: the New Bridge, where merchants conducted the world’s first share transactions in the open air; the Hendrick de Keyser Exchange, a purpose-built ...