List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements explained

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