The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600-1800

How did the Dutch Empire compare with other imperial enterprises? And how was it experienced by the indigenous peoples who became part of this colonial power? At the start of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic emerged as the centre of a global empire that stretched along the edges of continents and connected societies surrounding the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Join Pieter C. Emmer and Jos J.L. Gommans as they discuss The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600-1800.