Dutch East India Company Monopoly Charter

Timeline

1. c. 1631–1635Batavia (Jakarta) · JavaRelying on its monopoly charter, the VOC strengthened factories and armed escorts in Banten, Taiwan, Nagasaki in Japan, and the Spice Islands; in the 1630s Batavia became the dispatch center for East Asia–Indian Ocean trade, with charter rights covering taxation, jurisdiction, and diplomatic treaties.
2. 1636–1637Taiwan (Formosa) · TaiwanThe VOC operated transshipment between Taiwan and China's southeastern coast under its chartered trade rights; in the late 1630s it both competed and cooperated with maritime groups such as Zheng Zhilong's, with the monopoly system operating in East Asian waters intertwined with local armed forces.
3. 1639–1640The Hague · NetherlandsDespite intensifying Asian warfare and competition, in 1639–1640 the VOC maintained shareholder dividends and bond financing in the Netherlands itself; the States General continued its tradition of 21-year charter renewals, deeply binding the monopoly system to the Amsterdam capital market.