Antique Map of the East Indies by Higgins (1832)


Map of WWII The Dutch East Indies Dec 1941 April 1942

The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, was the Dutch colony that is now modern Indonesia. The main city was Batavia, now called Jakarta . The old Stadhuis of Batavia, the home of Governor General of the Dutch East India Company. The building is now the Jakarta Historical Museum.


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The "United East India Company", or "United East Indies Company" (also known by the abbreviation "VOC" in Dutch) was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic. The United East India Company ( Dutch: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə oːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi], abbr. as VOC.


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The Dutch East Indies (c. 1600 - 1942) was part of a vast Dutch trading empire ( Nederlands-koloniale Rijk) which stretched across the world. In the 1400s- 1600s CE, the Spanish, (including Columbus), Portuguese, Arab, English and Dutch traders were all keen to exploit the natural resources of islands in the south-east Asian archipelago and.


Netherlands East Indies. Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies). Although Indonesia did not become the country's official name until the time of independence, the name was used as early as 1884 by a German geographer; it is thought to derive from the Greek indos, meaning "India," and nesos, meaning "island."After a period of occupation by the Japanese (1942-45.


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East Indies, the islands that extend in a wide belt along both sides of the Equator for more than 3,800 miles (6,100 km) between the Asian mainland to the north and west and Australia to the south. Historically, the term East Indies is loosely applied to any of three contexts.The most restrictive and best-known use is as a synonym for the islands that now constitute the Republic of Indonesia.


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The VOC's territories became the Dutch East Indies and were expanded over the course of the nineteenth century to include the whole of the Indonesian archipelago, and in the twentieth century would form Indonesia. The Dutch East India Company impacted on European life, changing its food (adding spice).. A location in the west of the.


A map of Netherlands East Indies, taken from vakantiearena.nl, date unknown Sejarah, Indonesia

In 1652, the Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck established a resupply station at the Cape of Good Hope, situated halfway between the Dutch East Indies and the Dutch West Indies.Great Britain seized the colony in 1797 during the wars of the First Coalition (in which the Netherlands were allied with revolutionary France), and annexed it in 1805.


East Indian archipelago. Philippines Indonesia. Dutch East Indies, 1904 map Stock Photo Alamy

The bankrupt Dutch East India Company was liquidated on 1 January 1800, and its territorial possessions were nationalized as the Dutch East Indies. Anglo-Dutch rivalry in Southeast Asia continued to fester over the port of Singapore, which had been ceded to the British East India Company in 1819 by the sultan of Johore. The Dutch claimed that a.


Dutch East Indies Map, Location, World War II, History, & Facts Britannica

Dutch East Indies, one of the overseas territories of the Netherlands until December 1949, now Indonesia.This territory was made up of Sumatra and adjacent islands, Java with Madura, Borneo (except for North Borneo, which is now part of Malaysia and of Brunei), Celebes with Sangihe and Talaud islands, the Moluccas, and the Lesser Sunda Islands east of Java (excepting the Portuguese half of.


Antique Map of the East Indies by Higgins (1832)

Dutch East India Company (1610-1799) Arrival Batavia between 1675 and 1725. Amsterdam merchants embarked on an expedition to the East Indies archipelago in 1595 under the command of Cornelis de Houtman.The English East India Company's first voyage in 1602, commanded by James Lancaster, arrived in Aceh and sailed on to Bantam.There, Lancaster was allowed to build a trading post which was the.


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The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was formed in 1602 by the Staten-Generaal (States General) of the then Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The company was granted a 21-year charter with rights to trade exclusively in Asia and to buy valuable spices, such as nutmeg, mace, and cloves. Spices were in high demand in Europe to flavour food dishes and for use in medicines, and the company.


NETHERLANDS Dutch East Indies Map1940 countries nations atlas

The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies. The term Indonesia was used for the geographical location after 1880. In the early 20th century, local intellectuals conceived Indonesia as a nation state, setting the stage for an independence movement.


Antique Map of the East Indies by Wilkinson (1794) SOLD

Background A bunker of the Peel-Raam Line, built in 1939. The Dutch colonies such as the Dutch East Indies caused the Netherlands to be one of the top five oil producers in the world at the time and to have the world's largest aircraft factory in the Interbellum (Fokker), which aided to the neutrality of the Netherlands and the success of its arms dealings in the First World War.


Comparative areas of Holland and the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia 1885 old map

The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies -Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945. Following the Indonesian War of Independence, Indonesia and the Netherlands made peace in 1949. In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Dutch ceded the governorate.


Antique Map of the East Indies by Clarke (c.1820)

Very detailed atlas of the entire Dutch East Indies, over 16 map sheets, with a cover and overview map. Includes topographic maps, inset maps of cities and islands, and maps featuring land and sea routes, languages, geology, colonial territory etc.


Dutch East Indies, British Malaya and British Borneo administrative divisions, 1941 MapPorn

The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800.. The term Indonesia came into use for the geographical location after 1880. In the early 20th century, local.

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