Explore the rise of Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia, from the arrival of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to the establishment of the Dutch East Indies. Learn how trade, military conquest, and ...

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African ...

At the end of the 14 th century there were two types of mill in the Netherlands: the post mill, which was a ground winder, ...

Peanut bucatini at an affordable vegetarian tasting menu spot, local beer and drinking snacks at a decades-old cafe by a canal, fried Surinamese snacks at a weekly market, and more of Amsterdam’s best ...

Dutch police have arrested three people in connection with a museum heist that saw thieves blow open a door with explosives before stealing four priceless ancient artifacts, including an ...

Night - Clear. Winds W. The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Sunny with a high of 56 °F (13.3 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 7 mph (4.8 to 11.3 kph). Showers today with a high of 64 °F (17. ...

But it was widely practised within Dutch colonies around the world. Slavery was central to their trade overseas – from the inter-Asian slave network that made possible their domination in the ...

Kochi: Massive stone structures were recently unearthed near Fort Kochi's shore during dredging for the Water Metro project.

The colonial empires of France and the Netherlands once spanned vast territories across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, driven mainly by economic ambition. French possessions that extended from ...

But it was widely practised within Dutch colonies around the world. Slavery was central to their trade overseas – from the inter-Asian slave network that made possible their domination in the export ...

Today, we will see how two of their squadrons also carried out a daring naval raid against French and English colonies in America, briefly reclaiming the New Netherlands ... fair treatment if they ...