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    Dutch Caribbean

    Parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean

    The Dutch Caribbean are the New World territories, colonies, and countries of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea, mainly the northern and southwestern regions of the Lesser Antilles archipelago. Currently, it comprises the constituent countries of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten and the special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The term "Dutch Caribbean" is sometimes also used for the Caribbean Netherlands, an entity consisting of the three special municipalities forming part of the constituent country of the Netherlands since 2010. The Dutch Caribbean had a population of 337,617 as of January 2019. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    The Dutch Caribbean [a] (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the New World territories, colonies, and countries (former and current) of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea, mainly the northern and southwestern regions of the Lesser Antilles archipelago.. Currently, it comprises the constituent countries of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint ...
  3. oxfordbibliographies.com

    The Dutch failure to hold on to their colony in northern Brazil (1630-1654) looms large over the history of Dutch Guiana and the Caribbean. During the collapse of Dutch power in Brazil, many colonists fled the areas of Dutch control and resettled in the Caribbean and in the Guianas. Dutch rule over the Atlantic domains was formally in the ...
  4. worldatlas.com

    History . The islands of the Dutch Caribbean were part of the Curaçao and Dependencies in the years between 1815-1828. They were later amalgamated with the colony of Suriname, which is not considered part of the Dutch Caribbean. They were administrated by Paramaribo up to the year 1845 when all the islands became one colony under the name ...
  5. britannica.com

    Dec 9, 2024West Indies - Colonialism, Caribbean, Islands: England was the most successful of the northwestern European predators on the Spanish possessions. In 1623 the English occupied part of Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts), and in 1625 they occupied Barbados. By 1655, when Jamaica was captured from a small Spanish garrison, English colonies had been established in Nevis, Antigua, and Montserrat.
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    The history of the Caribbean reveals the region's significant role in the colonial struggles of the European powers since the 15th century. In the modern era, it remains strategically and economically important. ... Dutch trade in the Caribbean, 1648-1795, KITLV. Knight, Franklin W., and Colin A. Palmer, eds. The Modern Caribbean. Chapel Hill ...
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  8. britannica.com

    Dec 12, 2024Most of the islands have small white minorities. Migration to Curaçao from other Caribbean islands, Venezuela, and Europe increased after the opening of its oil refinery in 1918. The official languages are English, Dutch, and Papiamentu, a local Spanish-based creole that includes Portuguese, Dutch, and some African words. Papiamentu is widely ...
  9. cambridge.org

    This chapter, however, tells the story of the Dutch colonial expansion in the Caribbean in a comparative perspective. Here the Dutch founded several plantation colonies in addition to conquering several small islands that were used for the transit trade. Much of this chapter is devoted to the Dutch participation in the Atlantic slave trade.
  10. en.wikipedia.org

    Dutch colonization in the Caribbean started in 1634 on St. Croix and Tobago (1628), followed in 1631 with settlements on Tortuga (now Île Tortue) and Sint Maarten.When the Dutch lost Sint Maarten (and Anguilla where they had built a fort shortly after arriving in Sint Maarten) to the Spanish, they settled Curaçao and Sint Eustatius.They regained half of Sint Maarten in 1648, from then on ...
  11. heritage-activities.org

    The Dutch Caribbean islands changed hands regularly with Spain, France, the Netherlands and Britain all vying for the trading and territorial monopoly in these waters. In the 17th Century the islands were conquered by the Dutch West India Company (WIC), who used the islands as military outposts and trade bases. After some brief periods of ...
  12. caribbeanhistoryarchives.blogspot.com

    The Dutch establishment in Tobago in the 17th century was a serious endeavour to maintain a presence in the Caribbean. As a base of operations for their ventures into the Guyanas and in pursuit of profit, the Dutch were not very distracted by gold. As Professor Phillip Sherlock put it:

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