Netherlands: 'The Dock of the Dutch East India Company at Amsterdam'. Oil on canvas painting by Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630-1708), 1696. The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indian Company") was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. It was the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stock. It was also arguably the first megacorporation, possessing quasi-governmental powers.

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