de Lange & Co. (pre-1896) was a Bataviaasche firma (Batavian trading firm) mentioned in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Laid the first stone for the Sabang harbor enterprise; founded a coal station with financial support from the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij.
Role
Bataviaasche firma (Batavian trading firm)
Dates
pre-1896
Account from Jongejans
Laid the first stone for the Sabang harbor enterprise; founded a coal station with financial support from the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. Its interests were later transferred to the N.V. ‘Vrijhaven en Kolenstation Sabang’.
Significance
de Lange & Co. appears in Jongejan’s account as one of the figures shaping the history of Aceh during the period covered by the book.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 281.