List_of_Dutch_East_India_Company_trading_posts

List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements

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

Saint Helena

South Africa

Mozambique

Jan. 1721 - 23 December 1730.

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

Madagascar

Mauritius

Mauritius (1638-1658/1664-1710)

Middle East

Yemen

Persia (Iran)

South Asia

Bangladesh

India

Konkan (northern part of western coast of India)

Malabar (southern part of western coast of India)

  • 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)

  • 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

Far East

Burma

  • Siriangh or Syriam (1634-1679); now Thanlyin
  • Ava (1634-1679)
  • Pegu (1634-?), still in use in 1677
  • Prome (1634-1655)

Arakan

Martaban

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

Thailand (Siam)

Malaysia

Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

Vietnam (Tonkin)

Taiwan

Japan

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