List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements

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

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