West India Company
There were several West India companies :
- Danish West India Company (Vestindisk kompagni or Det Vestindisk-Guineiske kompagni), founded in 1671, disbanded in 1776
- French West India Company (Compagnie des Indes Occidentales Françaises), founded in 1664
- Dutch West India Company (Geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie), founded in 1621
- Swedish West India Company (Svenska Västindiska Kompaniet), founded in 1786