<p>In the cargo hold with Bellarmine jugs holding gin, and some of the cargo of spices worth their weight in gold back in Europe in the 1600s.
</p><p>One of the Bellarmines is stamped VOC, the logo of the Dutch East India Company.
</p><p>The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC, "United East India Company") was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. 
</p><p>It was the second multinational corporation in the world (the British East India Company was founded two years earlier) and the first company to issue stock. 
</p><p>It was also arguably the first megacorporation, possessing quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, coin money, and establish colonies.
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