List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements
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The following were trading posts owned by the Dutch East India Company, presented in geographical sequence from west to east:
Africa edit
Saint Helena edit
South Africa edit
- Cape of Good Hope (Cape Colony): 1652-1806
Mozambique edit
Jan. 1721 - 23 December 1730.
- Delagoa Bay: Fort Lydsaamheid (Jan. 1721 - 23 December 1730.)
Madagascar edit
- Antongil Bay: 1641/2 factory - 1646/7
Mauritius edit
Mauritius (1638-1658/1664-1710)
Middle East edit
Yemen edit
Persia (Iran) edit
- Esfahan (of Ispahan) (1623-1747)
- Bandar-e Abbas (of Gamron) (1623-1766)
- Kharg, Fort Mosselstein (1750-1766)
- Bandar-e Kong (1665-1753)
South Asia edit
Bangladesh edit
India edit
Konkan (northern part of western coast of India) edit
- Surat (1616-1795)
- Agra (1621-1720)
- Burhanpur
- Kanpur (1650-1685)
- Ahmadabad (1617-1744)
- Bharuch (of Brochia, Broach)
- Vengurla (1637-1685)
- Kundapura (1667-ca. 1682)
Malabar (southern part of western coast of India) edit
- Veeramala Hills, Cheruvathur (ca. 1701-?)
- Cannanore (1663-1790) (taken from Portugal)
- Ponnani (ca. 1663)
- Cranganore or Cranganor (Kodungallor) (1662) (taken from Portugal)
- Cochin de Cima (Pallippuram, Ernakulam) (1661) (taken from Portugal)
- Cochin, Cochin de Baixo or Santa Cruz (1663) (taken from Portugal)
- Purakkad (ca. 1680-1750)
- Kayamkulam (ca. 1645)
- Quilon (Kollam) (1661) (taken from Portugal)
Coromandel (eastern coast of India) edit
- Golkonda (1662-ca. 1733)
- Bimilipatnam (1687-1795/1818-1825) to the English; now Bheemunipatnam
- Jaggernaikpoeram (1734-1795/ 1818-1825) to the English; now Kakinada
- Daatzeram (1633-1730); now Drakshawarama
- Nagelwanze (1669-1687); now Nagulavancha
- Palikol (1613-1781/1785-1795/1818-1825) to the English; now Palakol, Palakollu, or Palacole.
- Masulipatnam (1605-1756)
- Petapoeli (1606-1668); now Nizampatnam
- Paliacatta (1610-1781/1785-1795/1805-1825) to the English; now Pulicat
- Sadras (1654-1757/1785-1795), conquered by the British 1818
- Tierepopelier (1608-1625); now Thiruppapuliyur or Tirupapuliyur
- Tegenapatnam, Kudalur (1608-1758); now Cuddalore
- Porto Novo (1608-1825 [1 June]) to the English; now Parangipettai
- Negapatnam (1658-1781) to the English.
- Tuticorin or Tutucorim (1658); now Thoothukudi
- Travancore
Sri Lanka edit
Far East edit
Burma edit
- Siriangh or Syriam (1634-1679); now Thanlyin
- Ava (1634-1679)
- Pegu (1634-?), still in use in 1677
- Prome (1634-1655)
Arakan edit
- Mrohaung (1610-1665)
Martaban edit
- Martaban (1660-?), lasted only for a few years; now Mottama
Thailand (Siam) edit
- Ayutthaya, main quarter, 1613-1767
- Patani (Pattani), trading house, 1602-1623
- Sangora (Songkhla), trading house, 1607-1623
- Ligor (Ligoor, now Nakhon Si Thammarat), trading house, ca. 1640-1756
Malaysia edit
- Malacca (1641-1824)
Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) edit
Vietnam (Tonkin) edit
- Thǎng Long, (comptoir; 1636 - 1699)
- Hội An (comptoir; 1636 - 1641)
Taiwan edit
- Anping (Fort Zeelandia)
- Tainan (Fort Provincia)
- Wang-an, Penghu, Pescadores Islands (Fort Vlissingen; 1620-1624)
- Keelung (Fort Noord-Holland, Fort Victoria)
- Tamsui (Fort Antonio)