What countries did the Dutch colonize?

Answer 1

Countries the Dutch (Netherlands) colonized:

Acadia

Anegada

Angola (Luanda, Sonyo and Cabinda)

Arguin Island (in Mauritania)

Bengalen (Bangladesh)

Berbice (Guyana)

Burma (Myanmar) (Mrohaung (Arakan), Siriangh, Syriam, Ava, Martaban)

Ceylon

Demerara

Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

Dutch Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana, including El Mina)

Dutch Guiana (Suriname)

Essequibo

Goree (in Senegal)

India (Suratte, Malabar, Coromandel)

Jemen, Al Mukha (Mocca)

Malacca

Mesopotamia (Iraq, Al Basrah)

Moçambique (Delagoa Bay)

New Holland (Brazil)

New Walcheren (Tobago)

Saint Croix

Sao Tomé

South Africa. The Dutch Cape Colony (Kaapstad / Cape Town)

Taiwan (Tayowan)

Tonkin/Annam (Vietnam) (Tonkin, Hoi An)

Tortola

United States

Virgin Gorda

Answer 2

Surinam, Indonesia (called Nederlands-Indie or locally, Hindia-Belanda)), Taiwan, New York (New Amsterdam), a part of India, South Africa and the Netherlands Antilles, also referred to as the Dutch Antilles (called "de Nederlandse Antillen" in Dutch itself.

Answer 3

The only two colonies that the Netherlands held up until the moment of independence were Suriname and Indonesia. However, there are several swathes of land that Netherlands colonized before said territories were taken away by a different colonizer, such as parts of Guyana, Brazil, the New York area, southern India, Taiwan, and numerous coastal cities in Africa and along the Indian ocean coast.

Answer 4

Surinam, Indonesia, some caribic islands and at some point, parts of the U.S.