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These are the oldest remaining warehouses (3x1 LM) of the "Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie" (Dutch East India Company) in Amsterdam. The VOC was established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted the organisation a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia as the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stock. In addition, the VOC possessed quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, negotiate treaties, coin money, and establish colonies.
It remained an important trading concern for almost two centuries until it became bankrupt and was formally dissolved in 1800, when the Netherlands suffered from the French occupation. The City of Amsterdam still contains numerous buildings of the VOC, most of them are warehouses, but also a few office buildings.
"De Oude Werf" warehouses were built in approximately 1600, shortly before or after the organisation was established, at the Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam. The building consists of four warehouses, built in two pairs with connected spout gables. The right ones are just a bit smaller than the pair on the corner, which makes it likely that one pair was built a few years before the other. V-apps, 03-02-08
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