WIC

Connected Sites: 7

Definition
The Dutch West India Company (Dutch: Westindische Compagnie or WIC) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants. On June 2, 1621, it was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the West Indies (meaning the Caribbean) by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands and given jurisdiction over the African slave trade, Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America. (wiki)

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Connected Sites

  • Paramaribo
    Paramaribo
    Suriname
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.38
    42
    3
    Owned by the WIC from 1682, and used for the trade in coffee, sugar and slaves
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2
    Arguin was conquered by the WIC in 1633, using it for the trade in natural gum
  • Willemstad
    Willemstad
    Netherlands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.03
    80
    4
    Founded by the WIC
  • Rapa Nui
    Rapa Nui
    Chile
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.49
    111
    13
    Discovered by Jacob Roggeveen whilst he was leading an expedition for the WIC to seek Terra Australis (1721-3)
  • Forts and Castles Gold Coast
    Forts and Castles Gold Coast
    Ghana
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.87
    57
    8
    Fort Elmina was captured from the Portuguese by the GWIC in 1637. Apart from short periods it and other forts remained under GWIC control until its disestablishment in 1791
  • Amsterdam Canal Ring
    Amsterdam Canal Ring
    Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.78
    606
    9
    West Indisch Huis on Herenmrkt was the HQ of the WIC from 1623-47
  • Island of Gorée
    Island of Gorée
    Senegal
    Inscribed: 1978
    2.89
    69
    3
    Conquered by the WIC (it was named by the after the Dutch island of Goeree)