Dutch colonial empire

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colonial empire historical polity

The Dutch colonial empire was a global network of overseas territories and trading posts dominated by the Dutch Republic from the 17th to the 19th centuries, centered on maritime commerce, the Dutch East India Company, and control of key strategic ports and colonies.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Dutch Empire 16
Dutch India 2
Dutch colonial empire in Asia 2

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial empire ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
capital Batavia ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
dissolutionCause World War II ⓘ
decolonization ⓘ
nationalist movements in colonies ⓘ
dominantOrganization Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch West India Company ⓘ
economy maritime trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
sugar plantations ⓘ
endTime 20th century ⓘ
followedBy British Empire in some regions ⓘ
French colonial empire in some regions ⓘ
governmentType chartered company rule in many territories ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
hasPart Aruba ⓘ
Batavia ⓘ
Bonaire ⓘ
Cape Town ⓘ
Colombo ⓘ
Curaçao ⓘ
Dutch Angola ⓘ
Dutch Bengal ⓘ
Dutch Brazil ⓘ
Cape Colony ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Cape Colony

Dutch Caribbean ⓘ
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Ceylon

Dutch Coromandel ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
surface form: Dutch East Indies Company possessions

Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Formosa

Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Guiana

Dutch Angola ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Loango-Angola

Malacca ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Malacca

Dutch Mauritius ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Suriname

Dutch West India Company possessions ⓘ
Dutch Caribbean ⓘ
surface form: Dutch West Indies

Elmina Castle ⓘ
Netherlands Antilles ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: New Amsterdam

New Netherland ⓘ
Saba ⓘ
Sint Eustatius ⓘ
Sint Maarten ⓘ
influenced Caribbean culture ⓘ
Indonesian culture ⓘ
global trade networks ⓘ
maritime law ⓘ
influencedBy Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation

mercantilism ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
notableColony Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Netherlands Antilles ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
notableConflict Aceh War ⓘ
Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ
Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
Java ⓘ
surface form: Java War
notablePort Batavia ⓘ
Cape Town ⓘ
Colombo ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: New Amsterdam
precededBy Portuguese Empire ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Empire in some regions
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
territoryIncludes Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
Malacca ⓘ
Netherlands Antilles ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

parts of Brazil ⓘ
parts of Indonesia ⓘ
parts of North America ⓘ
parts of South Asia ⓘ
parts of Southeast Asia ⓘ
parts of Southern Africa ⓘ
parts of Sri Lanka ⓘ
parts of West Africa ⓘ
parts of the Caribbean ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amsterdam Chamber → associatedWith → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Jaffna Fort → builder → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Formosa → colonialHistoryWith → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Batticaloa → colonialPower → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Bengal → colonialPower → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Dutch Caribbean → colonialPower → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Nagapattinam → colonialPower → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Indo-Caribbean people → colonialPowersInvolved → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Batticaloa Fort → controlledBy → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Fort Frederick → controlledBy → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Jaffna Fort → controlledBy → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Nagapattinam → controlledBy → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Khoikhoi → encounteredColonialPower → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Acehnese → historicalAdversary → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Princess Amelia → historicalEra → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonial period
Stellenbosch → historicalEra → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonial period
Maluku Islands → historicallyControlledBy → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Batavia → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands overseas empire
Cape Colony → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Dutch Angola → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Dutch Bengal → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch India
Dutch Bengal → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Dutch Brazil → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Dutch Coromandel → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch India
Dutch Coromandel → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Dutch Gold Coast → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Fort Amsterdam → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Jan Pieterszoon Coen → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonial empire in Asia
Joan Maetsuycker → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonial empire in Asia
New Holland → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Reinier de Klerk → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Willem Kieft → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Wouter van Twiller → partOf → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Dutch–Portuguese War → relatedTo → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → resisted → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Portuguese Empire → rival → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire
Fort Frederick → usedBy → Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Empire