Dutch Malacca
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Dutch Malacca was the longest period that Malacca was under foreign control. The Dutch ruled for almost 183 years with intermittent British occupation during the French Revolutionary and later the Nap
Dutch Malacca, ca. 1724–26
The construction of the Bastion Middelburg was carried out in 1660. It is strategically located at the mouth of Malacca River.
The Dutch Square, with Christ Church (left, built in 1753) and the Stadthuys (right)
The town and fortress of Malacca in 1780
Malay–Portuguese conflicts
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The Malay–Portuguese conflicts were military engagements between the forces of the Portuguese Empire and the various Malay states and dynasties, fought intermittently from 1509 to 1641 in the Malay Pe
Portuguese sketch of Malacca c. 1550 to 1563.
Martim Afonso de Sousa.
Dom Pedro Mascarenhas.
Dom Estevão da Gama, captain of Malacca between 1535 and 1539.