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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.
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The Dutch East Indies, [3] also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( Dutch: Nederlands (ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda ), was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.
Mar 25, 2023 · 1800 Jan 1 - 1949. Dutch East Indies. Indonesia. 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.
Explore over 11,000 map sheets and 250 atlases of the former Dutch colonies, including the Dutch East Indies, from the Royal Tropical Institute collection. The collection covers the regions of the VOC and WIC and the present-day Indonesia, Surinam and Netherlands Antilles.
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.
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Expansion of the Dutch East Indies in the Indonesian Archipelago Map of the Dutch colonial possessions around 1840. Included are the Dutch East Indies , Curaçao and Dependencies , Suriname , and the Dutch Gold Coast .
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies, 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.
