The
Brabant Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the Low Countries of Europe. It may refer to:
Place names in Europe
* London-Brabant Massif, a geological structure stretching from England to northern Germany
Belgium
* Province of Bra ...
Company (Dutch - ''Brabantsche Compagnie''), also known as the New Company (''Nieuwe Compagnie'') was a
precursor
Precursor or Precursors may refer to:
* Precursor (religion), a forerunner, predecessor
** The Precursor, John the Baptist
Science and technology
* Precursor (bird), a hypothesized genus of fossil birds that was composed of fossilized parts of u ...
of the
Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...
(VOC).
The Brabantsche Company was set up in 1599, by
Jacques de Velaer
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
,
Isaac le Maire,
Hans Hunger
Hans may refer to:
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* Hans (name), a masculine given name
* Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician
** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans
** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...
,
Marcus de Vogelaer and
Gerard Reynst
Gerard Reynst (1560s – 7 December 1615) was a Dutch merchant and later the second Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
Biography
All that is known of his early years is that he was born in Amsterdam, the son of Pieter Rijnst (ca.1510†...
. In 1600, the Brabantsche Company merged with the
Compagnie van Verre
The Compagnie van Verre (''long-distance company'') was one of the forerunner companies that were later merged (united) into the Dutch East India Company.
History
It was set up in 1594 by nine citizens of Amsterdam, to break Portugal's monopoly ...
to form the Vereenigde Compagnie van Amsterdam. Finally this company and other companies in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
,
West Friesland and
Zeeland
, nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge")
, anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem")
, image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg
, map_alt =
, m ...
merged into the VOC in 1602.
See also
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European chartered companies founded around the 17th century (in French)
{{Chartered companies
1599 establishments in the Dutch Republic
1602 disestablishments
Companies established in the 16th century
Organizations established in the 1590s
Companies of the Dutch Republic
History of the Dutch East India Company
Trading companies of the Dutch Republic
Trading companies established in the 16th century