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Caribbean Trading Posts
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Africa
West Africa
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Dutch Mauritius
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Dutch East Indies
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Dutch Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
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Asian Trading Posts
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Habsburger en Spanish Period (1482–1588)
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Major events
Conflicts and wars
War of Independence or 80 Years’War with Spain (1568-1648))
First Dutch Anglo War (1652-1654)
Second Dutch Anglo War (1665-1667)
Third Dutch Anglo War (1672-1674)
Franco-Dutch War or Hollandse oorlog (1672-1678)
Nine Years’ War with France (1688–1697)
War of succession (1701-1715)
Special topics
Slave Trade
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West Indian Compagnie (WIC)
Noordse Compagnie
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Battle of Cape St Vincent (November 4, 1641)
Conquest of Luanda (1641)
Siege of Malacca (1641)
Battle of Itamaracá (January 12-17,1640)
Maurits sails to Brasil and directly takes control
