These countries were once part of the Dutch Empire
1581-Present Netherlands Netherlands/Aruba/Curaçao/Sint Maarten/Bonaire/Saba/Sint Eustatius
1598-1872 Ghana Dutch Gold Coast/Guinea
1598-1649 São Tomé and Príncipe Principe/São Tomé
1602-1767 Thailand Ayutthaya/Bangkok/Phuket
1605-1962 Indonesia -
1608-1679 Burma (Myanmar) Ava/Bandel/Mandalay/Syriam 1609-1853 Japan Deshima/Firando/Hirado
1612-1740 Norway Spitsbergen/Jan Mayen 1614-1674 United States New Netherland/New Sweden
1614-1739 Yemen Aden/Al Mukha/Ash Shihir
1616-1814 Guyana Berbice/Demerara/Essequibo
1617-1677 Senegal Gorée/Joal/Portudal/Rufispue
1620-1667 Cambodia Laauweck/Phnom Penh
1623-1766 Iran Khark/Lar/Qeshm/Shiraz
1624-1654 Brazil New Holland/Salvador
1624-1662 Taiwan Fort Zeelandia (Tayowan)
1628-1677 Trinidad and Tobago Tobago
1630 Colombia Santa Marta
1631-1638 Haiti Tortuga
1633-1724 Mauritania Arguin/Portendick
1636-1741 Vietnam Hanoi/Hoi An
1638-1710 Mauritius -
1638-1802 Sri Lanka -
1641-1647 Madagascar Antongil Bay
1641-1648 Angola Luanda/Benguela/Malemba/Sonyo
1641-1665 Equatorial Guinea Annobon/Corisco
1641-1824 Malaysia Kota Belanda/Kuala Selangor/Malacca
1643 Chile Castro/Chiloé Archipelago/Valdivia
1645-1651 Iraq Al Basrah
1648-1726 Republic of the Congo Loango/Ngoyo
1652-1660 Pakistan Sindi
1652-1805 South Africa Cape Colony
1658-1676 France (French Guiana) Cayenne
1662-1803 China Canton/Fuzhou/Huangpu
1662-1824 India Craganore/Cochin/Nagapatnam
1664-1704 Bangladesh Dhaka
1674 Oman Muskat
1674 Canada Jemseg, New Brunswick
1674-1975 Suriname -
1675-1736 Benin Affa/Great Popo/Offra/Ouidah
17th Century Australia New Holland/Van Dieman's Land
17th Century Venezuela Punta de Araya/Isla Tortuga/Unare River
17th Century East Timor (Timor-Leste) Maubara
17th Century Liberia Cape Mount
17th Century Gabon Mayumba
1705-1755 Nigeria Agathon/Badagri/Benin/Epe
1721-1730 Mozambique Delagoa Bay/Fort Lydsaamheid
1731-1760 Togo Petit Popo
1806-1963 Germany East Frisia/Elten/Oldenburg/Tudderen
1815-1830 Belgium -
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In 1939 a Nazi-ordered expedition arrived in Antarctica and claimed a portion for Germany, calling it New Swabia. Their intention was to set up a whaling station and possibly a naval base.
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