THE German invasion of Holland and the flight of Queen Wilhelmina's Government have thrown the Dutch East Indies largely on their own devices. Indeed, as these lines are written there are indications ...

What sort of commercial aims did the Dutch have with this New Netherland territory? The Dutch global empire begins even before they founded the Dutch East India Company in the 1590s. They had some ...

In a haunting echo of one of the darkest chapters in Dutch history, the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) and the extreme-left Greens (GroenLinks) have chosen to side not with peace, not with morality ...

The proposal of the latter, in 1857, included the organisation of hourly observations at Batavia and the establishment of secondary stations at some places in the East Indian Archipelago, and Dr ...

(The Conversation) — In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying symbol of Augustine, a heart pierced by an arrow.

The coat of arms depicts an upper portion marked with a fleur-de-lis and a lower half decorated with a burning heart, pierced by an arrow, set atop of a Bible.

The heraldic design of Leo’s papal coat of arms features a fleur-de-lis on a blue background, symbolizing the Virgin Mary, while the right side displays the Sacred Heart of Jesus resting on a ...

Backed by the Dutch Republic, the Dutch East India Company made its ownership available to the public to fund business and military ventures.

The film presents a narrative from Salim, a teacher in Indonesia, highlighting the country's transition from being ruled by the Dutch to achieving independence. It depicts the challenges faced by ...

Trinidad and Tobago's PM has said the new Coat of Arms with the Steelpan shows that the pan had reached the country’s “highest heights." ...

Meghan Markle Meghan Markle accused of copying Spanish coat of arms in ‘comedy of errors’ rebrand Xisca Mora, the mayor of the Mallorcan town of Porreres in Spain, said the Duchess of Sussex's ...

The country that we today call Indonesia has a long history that stretched back to the early modern era. Please join us for this special lecture!