In 1602, the Dutch East India Company (in Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, or VOC) was established in Holland, and this determined little corporation (the first limited stock company in the world) made it their capitalistic duty to secure control over the route to the East.
Nga 1602, vha Dutch East India Company (inDutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, kana VOC) ho tumbuliwa Holland, hezwi zwa amba u shumisana zwiṱuku (company ya u tou thoma ya zwiṱoko kha ḽifhasi) vho zwiitwa mushumo wavho muhulwane wa u kona u wana nḓila ya East.