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The Dutch Empire owned several territories that were in control by the Dutch Republic (also known as the United Provinces). The Dutch had created colonial empires. These were similar to Portugal and Spain. The Dutch Empire used their skills in shipping and trade with other empires. However, they were trying to be independent from Spain. With the British, the Dutch first built up colonies. The colonies were based on state capitalist corporate colonialism. This was done by the Dutch East and West India companies. The Dutch explored and went on voyages. Some of these were led by Willem Barents, Henry Hudson and Abel Tasman. These men found new places for Europeans.

The Dutch naval power were getting bigger. The Netherlands became the dominated global commerce during the second half of the 17th century. This was called the Dutch Golden Age. The Netherlands lost many colonials and its global power to the British. This happened when the metropole fell to French armies during the Revolutionary Wars. The rest of the Dutch Empire (such as the Dutch East Indies) were in control of the Dutch until the decline of European imperialism following World War II.

Today, the Netherlands are part of a federacy called the Kingdom of the Netherlands. These countries, the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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The formal declaration of independence of the Dutch provinces from the Spanish king, Philip II
São Luís, Maranhão, Dutch Brazil
Olinda, Pernambuco, Dutch Brazil
The Portuguese victory at the Battle of Guararapes, ended Dutch presence in Brazil.
Primary Dutch and Portuguese settlements in Asia, c. 1665. With the exception of Jakarta and Deshima, all had been captured by the Dutch East India Company from Portugal.
Overview of Fort Zeelandia on the island of Formosa, 17th century
Batavia, built in what is now Jakarta, 1682
Dutch conquests in the West Indies and Brazil
Reprint of a 1650 map of New Netherland
View of Table Bay with ships of the Dutch East India Company, c. 1683
Dejima trading post in Japan, c. 1805
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.
Sukarno, leader of the Indonesian independence movement
Dutch colonists in Suriname, 1920. Most Europeans left after independence in 1975.
Contemporary countries and federated states which were significantly colonised by the Dutch. In the Netherlands, these countries are sometimes known as verwantschapslanden (kindred countries).
Boer Voortrekkers in South Africa
Dutch family in Java, 1902
New Amsterdam as it appeared in 1664. Under British rule it became known as New York.
The Stadhuis of Batavia, said to be modelled after the Dam Palace itself.
Christian cross, altar, pulpit, and organ in the Dutch Reformed Church in Vosburg, South Africa.
Gedung Sate, an early 20th century colonial building which incorporates modern Western neo-classical style with indigenous elements in Bandung, Indonesia.
Dutch plantation in Mughal Bengal, 1665
The Dutch Empire in 1630
The Dutch Empire in 1650
The Dutch Empire in 1674
The Dutch Empire in 1700
The Dutch Empire in 1750
The Dutch Empire in 1795
The Dutch Empire in 1830
The Dutch Empire prior to World War II
The Dutch Empire in 1960
The Dutch Empire in 1975

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