List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements

The following were trading posts owned by the Dutch East India Company, presented in geographical sequence from west to east:

Africa

Saint Helena

• Saint Helena

South Africa

• Cape of Good Hope (Cape Colony): 1652-1806

Mozambique

Jan. 1721 - 23 December 1730.

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

Madagascar

• Antongil Bay: 1641/2 factory - 1646/7

Mauritius

Mauritius (1638-1658/1664-1710)

Middle East

Yemen

• Al Mukha (Mocca) (1620-16../1697-1757)
• Aden (1614-1620)

Persia (Iran)

• Esfahan (of Ispahan) (1623-1747)
• Bandar-e Abbas (of Gamron) (1623-1766)
• Kharg, Fort Mosselstein (1750-1766)
• Bandar-e Kong (1665-1753)

South Asia

Bangladesh

• Dhaka
• Dutch settlement in Rajshahi

India

Konkan (northern part of western coast of India)

• 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)

• 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

• Dutch Ceylon

Far East

Burma

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

Arakan

• Mrohaung (1610-1665)

Martaban

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

Thailand (Siam)

• 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

• Malacca (1641-1824)

Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

• Batavia

Vietnam (Tonkin)

• Thǎng Long, (comptoir; 1636 - 1699)
• Hội An (comptoir; 1636 - 1641)

Taiwan

• Anping (Fort Zeelandia)
• Tainan (Fort Provincia)
• Wang-an, Penghu, Pescadores Islands (Fort Vlissingen; 1620-1624)
• Keelung (Fort Noord-Holland, Fort Victoria)
• Tamsui (Fort Antonio)

Japan

• Hirado (1609-1641)
• Deshima (1641-1853)

See also

• Dutch Empire
• Evolution of the Dutch Empire
• List of Dutch West India Company trading posts and settlements

This page was last edited on 1 August 2023, at 10:15