Dutch India
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Dutch India consisted of the settlements and trading posts of the Dutch East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. It is only used as a geographical definition, as there was never a political auth
A View of Chinsura the Dutch Settlement in Bengal (1787).
Gold pagoda with an image of Lord Venkateswara, a form of the Hindu god Vishnu, issued at the Dutch mint at Pulicat, c. 17th or 18th century.
Dutch trading ships in Negapatnam, Dutch Coromandel, circa 1680.
Factory in Hugli-Chuchura, Dutch Bengal. Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, 1665.
Dutch Coromandel
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Coromandel was a governorate of the Dutch East India Company on the coasts of the Coromandel region from 1610, until the company's liquidation in 1798. Dutch presence in the region began with the capt
Dutch India
…definition, as there was never a political authority ruling all Dutch India. Instead, Dutch India was divided into the governorates Dutch Ceylon and Dutch Coromandel, the commandment Dutch Malabar, and the directorates Dutch Bengal and Dutch Suratte. The Dutch Indies, on the other hand, were the Dutch East Indies…
View of Masulipatam in 1676