abel tasman aceh achaemenid empire act of abjuration africa afrikaans akkadian empire alkmaar ambon island amboyna massacre american revolutionary war amsterdam ancient egypt angevin empire anglo-dutch java war anglo-dutch wars angola antwerp arctic aruba asia australian places with dutch names bahia bali batavia batavian republic battle of blaauwberg battle of muizenberg belgian revolution belgian colonial empire belgium berbice boer bonaire borneo brazil breukelen british empire brooklyn bulgarian empire byzantine empire cape colony cape of good hope carolingian empire carthaginian empire charter for the kingdom of the netherlands colombo colonial colonialism congress of vienna continental europe delaware delaware river demerara dutch brazil dutch east india company dutch east indies dutch gold coast dutch golden age dutch india dutch republic dutch west india company dutch colonization of the americas dutch people elmina empire empire of japan ethiopian empire european ethnic groups evolution of the dutch empire federacy first french empire flanders flushing fort orange founding of modern singapore fourth anglo-dutch war french guiana french revolutionary wars german empire german colonial empire ghaznavid empire glorious revolution goa gold coast great seljuq empire groningen gupta empire guyana haarlem han dynasty harlem henry hudson history of slavery history of sugar history of the british virgin islands holland holy roman emperor holy roman empire hudson river hunnic empire iberian union imperialism inca empire indian ocean indo people indonesian national revolution indonesian language islands of indonesia italian colonial empire jakarta japanese occupation of indonesia java jersey dutch joint stock company kharg island khwarezmian empire kingdom of the netherlands levant lombok long island louis bonaparte luanda macau malacca malay peninsula malaysia mali empire maratha empire mauritius maurya empire metropole ming dynasty mohammad hatta mongol empire mughal empire nanban trade nationalism navigation acts neo-assyrian empire netherlands antilles netherlands new guinea new amsterdam new jersey new netherland new netherland company new sweden new york new york agreement new york city nomad oceania ottoman empire overseas expansion of the united states pacific ocean pernambuco philip ii of spain portugal portuguese empire possessions of norway qin dynasty qing dynasty roman empire russian empire saba safavid dynasty salt evaporation pond sassanid empire seleucid empire serbian empire seventeen provinces shipping singapore sint maarten smeerenburg song dynasty south africa southern netherlands spain spanish empire spanish treasure fleet spice trade sri lanka stadtholder stadthuys staten island straits of magellan sukarno suriname swedish empire swedish overseas colonies tang dynasty timurid dynasty tobago trade treaty of amiens trekboer united kingdom of the netherlands western new guinea western roman empire willem janszoon willemstad william iii of england william the silent world war ii yuan dynasty zeeland