{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://doi.org/10.34934/DVN/O2S4ZW","identifier":"https://doi.org/10.34934/DVN/O2S4ZW","name":"Financial Data on the Early History of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), 1595-1623","creator":[{"@type":"Person","givenName":"Oscar","familyName":"Gelderblom","affiliation":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Universiteit Antwerpen"},"name":"Gelderblom, Oscar"},{"@type":"Person","givenName":"Abe de","familyName":"Jong","affiliation":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Universiteit Antwerpen"},"name":"Abe de Jong"},{"@type":"Person","givenName":"Joost","familyName":"Jonker","affiliation":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Universiteit Amsterdam"},"name":"Joost Jonker"}],"author":[{"@type":"Person","givenName":"Oscar","familyName":"Gelderblom","affiliation":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Universiteit Antwerpen"},"name":"Gelderblom, Oscar"},{"@type":"Person","givenName":"Abe de","familyName":"Jong","affiliation":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Universiteit Antwerpen"},"name":"Abe de Jong"},{"@type":"Person","givenName":"Joost","familyName":"Jonker","affiliation":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Universiteit Amsterdam"},"name":"Joost Jonker"}],"datePublished":"2026-07-16","dateModified":"2026-07-16","version":"1","description":"This set contains data on the finances of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) founded in the Dutch Republic in 1602. The data was retrieved from documents in the VOC archives located in the National Archives in The Hague (Inventory 1.04.02), from the notarial archives in the Amsterdam city archives (Stadsarchief Amsterdam, inventory 5075) and from miscellaneous primary and secondary sources. The set consists of several excel sheets, each containing data on a specific aspect of the company's finances, for instance its shareholders, depositors, insures, stock prices and share transactions. The first data uploaded to SODHA in the summer of 2026 is about the forward trade in VOC shares between 1607 and 1610. Other data will be uploaded in the course of 2027 and 2028.","keywords":["Arts and Humanities","Social Sciences","Income, property and investment/saving","Economic systems and development","History"],"license":"https://www.sodha.be/api/datasets/:persistentId/versions/1.0/customlicense?persistentId=doi:10.34934/DVN/O2S4ZW","includedInDataCatalog":{"@type":"DataCatalog","name":"Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive – SODHA","url":"https://www.sodha.be"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive – SODHA"},"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive – SODHA"},"distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","name":"20260116 VOC - Forward Contracts Data Set 1607-1610 (consolidated January 2026).xlsx","encodingFormat":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet","contentSize":16664495,"description":"This file contains the data on the VOC forward trade used in: Oscar Gelderblom, Abe de Jong, and Joost Jonker, “The First Bear Raid and Squeeze: Isaac Le Maire and the Dutch East India Company”, published in The Economic History Review.","contentUrl":"https://www.sodha.be/api/access/datafile/7157"}]}