List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements

Summary

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

Mozambique edit

Jan. 1721 - 23 December 1730.

  • Delagoa Bay: Fort Lydsaamheid (Jan. 1721 - 23 December 1730.)

Madagascar edit

Mauritius edit

Mauritius (1638-1658/1664-1710)

Middle East edit

Yemen edit

Persia (Iran) edit

South Asia edit

Bangladesh edit

India edit

Konkan (northern part of western coast of India) edit

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

Martaban edit

  • Martaban (1660-?), lasted only for a few years; now Mottama

Thailand (Siam) edit

Malaysia edit

Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) edit

Vietnam (Tonkin) edit

Taiwan edit

Japan edit

See also edit