The ORGANIZATION@1 -LRB- or VOC in MISC@1 , literally `` ORGANIZATION@2 '' -RRB- was a trading company , which was established in NUMBER@1 , when the States-General of the LOCATION@1 granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in LOCATION@2 .

The ORGANIZATION@1 -LRB- Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC in old MISC@1 -RRB- , started in NUMBER@1 , when the LOCATION@1 gave it a 21-year monopoly to trade in LOCATION@2 .
