The VOC is by 1669 the richest…

1668 CE

The VOC is by 1669 the richest private company the world had ever seen, with over one hundred and fifty merchant ships, forty warships, fifty thousand employees, a private army of ten thousand soldiers, and a dividend payment of forty percent on the original investment.

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Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands View →

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Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company") View →

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Spices View →

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Commerce View → Products View → Watercraft View →

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