The Dutch Republic formally made claim to Saint Helena in 1633, although there is no evidence that they ever occupied, colonized or fortified it. By 1651, the Dutch had mainly abandoned the island in favour of their colony at the Cape of Good Hope.
East India Company (1658–1815)
A View of the Town and Island of St Helena in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to the English East India Company, engraving, c. 1790.
In 1657, Oliver Cromwell granted the English East India Company a
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