Book contents
- The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800
- Additional material
- The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Cover Image
- Maps
- Note on Terminology
- Preface
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
- Part I The Grumbling Hive
- Part II The Atlantic World
- Introduction
- 4 The Caribbean
- 5 New Holland and New Netherland
- 6 Africa
- Conclusion
- Part III Monsoon Asia
- Coda
- References
- Index
Conclusion
from Part II - The Atlantic World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2020
Book contents
- The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800
- Additional material
- The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Cover Image
- Maps
- Note on Terminology
- Preface
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
- Part I The Grumbling Hive
- Part II The Atlantic World
- Introduction
- 4 The Caribbean
- 5 New Holland and New Netherland
- 6 Africa
- Conclusion
- Part III Monsoon Asia
- Coda
- References
- Index
Summary
Between 1600 and 1800, in terms of quantitative criteria, the Netherlands was deemed to be the fifth-largest Atlantic power after England, Spain, Portugal and France. The Dutch Republic played an important role in a number of events in the Atlantic region that outweighed the country’s modest presence in the region. Moreover, there were a number of elements to Dutch expansion that were missing from the Atlantic history of the other European powers.
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- The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800 , pp. 238 - 244Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020