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.
Ngo 1602, i Dutch East India Company (ngesi Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, kumbe i-VOC), yasungulwa e Holland, lokho okwabe kuwukuqala kwenkampani encane nje (Inkampani yokuqala emhlabeni ye Limited Stock) yakwenza kwaba wumsebenzi wayo njengongxiwankulu ukuba iphathe emzileni obheke eMpumalanga.