The Dutch, using mercenary forces recruited from the people of Java, intervened in succession disputes in return for grants of land.
What area did the Dutch control
the island of manhatan (then called new amsterdam)
Portuguese, Dutch then English
The Dutch And to a lesser degree the English.
Cornelius Jacobsen May was the Dutch explorer who explored Delaware. He explored the Delaware area from 1613 to 1614.
Curacao is an island in the Caribbean. It was first visited by the Spanish. Later pirates and the Dutch West Indies Company came to the island. Later the French, British and Dutch at times took control of the island with the Dutch finally in charge.
What area did the Dutch control
No, St. Maarten/St. Martin is actually a small Caribbean island controlled by the French and Dutch. France controls the north section of the island (St. Martin) and the Dutch control the south (St. Maarten). You can freely drive from one side to the other with no border check points.
gull island
Manhattan Island
Long Island
the British invaded Dutch Island in the Cay
The dutch named it New York
Dutch took control of Indonesian Islands :)
The future state of Rhode Island owes its name to the Dutch words for 'red island'. An older Dutch phrasing was 'Roode Eylandt'. A more current phrasing is 'Rood eiland'.
The Dutch owned New york
The name 'Staten' is actually Dutch; it was the Dutch who settled the farm land that was the island near New Amsterdam (or New York, also initially named from the Dutch).