Later, they added to it the Swedish colony of New Sweden along the Delaware River. The Dutch East India company was on the verge of bankruptcy, the colony was poorly administered, and Native Americans ...
Rattan was introduced to Europe in the 18th century by the Dutch East India Company, becoming a symbol of wealth and status. Its exotic aesthetic has resurfaced periodically, and its flexible nature ...
Ghosh makes visible the moral double standards prevalent in social discourses, especially regarding trading and profiting ...
In 1608, King Ekathotsarot granted permission to the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to open a trading post in Ayutthaya. In 1634, during the reign of King Prasat Thong, a VOC factory and trading ...
Washington, D.C., bursts with iconic monuments and fabulous museums. I’ve lived in or near our nation’s capital off and on ...
A vase from Lisbon, a cannon from an Indonesian island, a Goan mansion – disparate objets de mémoire have stories to tell ...