Dutch West India Company

When one looks at the pages of history, it is hard to do so outside the bias of one’s own time and cultural heritage. Due to the preponderance of Western society’s influence in the modern world, it is then unsurprising that the East’s dominance on the world’s stage for much of recorded history is overshadowed by the (relatively recent) European/Anglo dominance. Asia is a complex, rich, and multifaceted region to explore, and is especially enlightening to examine in the time leading up to the…

report gave continued to hope that a passage existed between Hudson Bay and the Pacific. England based its claim to the vast Hudson Bay region on Hudson's last voyage. Exploration of the region led to the establishment in 1670 of the Hudson's Bay Company, a fur-trading firm on Hudson Bay, fifty-nine years after Hudson's…

Essay #1 The North American colonies were spread all throughout the Eastern coast. The Pilgrims, who were English farmers, settled in Plymouth in 1620 on accident (Brands, 56). They meant to go to Virginia, but because of a navigational error they ended up in what is now Massachusetts (Brands, 42). The reason they were able to survive was friendship with the local Indians (Brands,43). These Indians taught the Pilgrims how to hunt and farming techniques (Brands, 43). The Anglican colonists…

which is expected to close in the second half of 2015, Kotak would claim the fourth position as the largest private lender in India, after ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank. Founded in 1985 as Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd., the group's flagship company was given the license for banking business by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in February, 2003 making it the first ever company in the Indian banking history that converted to a bank. Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with over 600 branches…

hegemony in Asia through countries like India and China. Though the Dutch and the French also contested in the region and challenged the British authority over the colonies in Asia, the latter survived in most of the cases. After the Batlle of Plassey in 1757, the British domination was established for a longer term in India. The British East India Company (EIC) seized the opportunity of the fading power and glory of the Mughal Emperors…

moving consumer goods (FMCG) company. It is a British-Dutch company which operates in four main categories; Health and personal care (HPC), Refreshments, Food and Home Care. It is the world’s third largest FMCG company operating in several companies. Unilever is the largest producer of food spreads eg. margarine and it’s products are available in around 190 countries. It has research and development facilities in the United Kingdom (2), the Netherlands, China, India and the United States.…

Although the French surrendered and the British gained the land in the end, England was broke. Proclamation of 1763 Put into place by King George after the French and Indian war, the Proclamation of 1763 was enforced to prevent colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains and fighting with the Natives. After the…

coastline along two oceans: the Indian Ocean on the south and east, and the Atlantic on the West. Most of the interior is almost flat plateau surrounded by what is known as the Great Escarpment, a steep slope or cliff that separates two areas of differing elevation (Works n.d.). In the east are coastal lowlands and Cape Mountain in the far south. South Africa has two large deserts, Namib Desert runs along the west coast and the Kalahari Desert covers much of the Northwest interior (reporter,…

Many explorers, just like Hudson, were sponsored by various people. Some by royalty, some by private companies, etc. Henry Hudson was sponsored by a couple of businesses (private companies) for these voyages. Each of the four voyages Hudson went on in his career were sponsored by either the Muscovy Company or the Dutch East India Company. Henry Hudson went on these expeditions for one main reason. He went to North America looking for the famous trade route to Asia. The…

Coca-Cola spread dramatically during each war, Every single war that has happen and the United States participate has been a plus the the Coca-Cola company. "To many military personnel, the Coca-Cola employees who installed and ran this machinery were no less important than the mechanics who kept planes and ranks running." (Stanage 252) Coca-Cola was seen as something unique and different which cause…