Voc Shorts
Description: A circular, black and white seal-style badge with a scalloped edge. The text 'NEDERLANDSCHE GEOCTROYEERDE OOSTINDISCHE COMPAGNIE' encircles the perimeter. Inside, it features the large monogram 'VOC' and the text '1602 ESTABLISHED' above it.
Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oostindische Compagnie VOC Vintage Seal Shorts
by Studio Design Veca
$21 $27
Description: The United East India Company was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock company in the world, granting it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia. Shares in the company could be bought by any resident of the United Provinces and then subsequently bought and sold in open-air secondary markets. It is sometimes considered to have been the first multinational corporation. It was a powerful company, possessing quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, strike its own coins, and establish colonies.
