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    as a captain. After his invention's success in battle at Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam, Surinam, on 30 April 1804, Shrapnel was promoted to lieutenant colonel...
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  • Surinam Airways (Dutch: Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij), also known by its initials SLM, is the flag carrier of Suriname, based in Paramaribo. It...
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    New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam, pronounced [ˌniu.ɑmstərˈdɑm]) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan...
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    the nascent plantation colony of Surinam they had gained from the English. In return the English kept New Amsterdam, the main city of the former colony...
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  • government  Suriname 25 January 1988 24 December 1990 2 years, 333 days Nieuw Amsterdam, Surinam Indo-Surinamese of Bhojpuri descent 11 Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000)...
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    New Netherland (Dutch: Nieuw Nederland) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic located on the East Coast of what is now the United...
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    Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea (Dutch: Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, Indonesian: Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea...
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    IJ lake, Amsterdam-Oost in the east, Amsterdam-Zuid in the south, Amsterdam-West in the west, Amsterdam Nieuw-West in the far west, Amsterdam Zuidoost...
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    the right bank of the Suriname River. Commewijne's capital city is Nieuw Amsterdam. Tamanredjo is another major town, while Meerzorg is the most populated...
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    Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam is a fort in Suriname built from 1734 to 1747 at the confluence of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers. It is open to the public as...
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    an airport located in the town of Zanderij and hub for airline carrier Surinam Airways, 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Paramaribo. It is the larger of...
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    Suriname River (redirect from Surinam River)
    capital Paramaribo on the left bank and Meerzorg on the right bank. At Nieuw-Amsterdam it is joined by the Commewijne and immediately thereafter at the sandspit...
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    Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM), known informally as Schiphol Airport (Dutch: Luchthaven Schiphol, pronounced [ˌlʏxtɦaːvə(n) ˈsxɪp(ɦ)ɔl;...
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    Hatterman Art Academy is located in the former commander's house. Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam "Suriname - Paramaribo". Rodway, James (1888). "Chronological History...
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    de Joden Savanne (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger. p. 56. Leurs, Gloria C. (15 November 1985). "Synagogen". Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad (in Dutch)...
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  • Coast Bay Islands Greenland Vinland (Newfoundland?) New Netherland (Nieuw-Amsterdam / New York) Iceland Greenland Claim to Labrador Claim and settlement...
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    Dutch Brazil (redirect from Nieuw Holland)
    capital Mauritsstad (today part of Recife), Frederikstadt (João Pessoa), Nieuw Amsterdam (Natal), Saint Louis (São Luís), São Cristóvão, Fort Schoonenborch...
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    parent who is of 'non-Western origin' (8.8% from Morocco, 4% Turkey, 3% Surinam and Dutch Caribbean and 9.1% of other countries). Utrecht has been the...
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    Ketikoti marks the date when slavery was abolished in Surinam in 1863. However, enslaved people in Surinam would not be fully free until 1873, after a mandatory...
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    runs west until it joins the north-flowing Suriname River estuary at Nieuw Amsterdam about 10 miles below Paraíba. Here, after some 30 kilometres (19 mi)...
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    Dutch West India Company (category Companies based in Amsterdam)
    Republiek op Nieuw-Nederland 1609-1675"". Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-25. bewindhebber van de WIC ter Kamer Amsterdam "Freedoms...
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    Hellenic Historical Vehicles Preservation Club, Greece, Fort Nieuw Amsterdam Open Air Museum, Surinam. Otter armoured car captured by the Haganah from the Arab...
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    director-general exercising unchecked corporate authority backed by soldiers. New Amsterdam and the other settlements of the Hudson Valley had developed beyond company...
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    with a recent migration background from Indonesia, Turkey, Morocco and Surinam. Islam is the most common religion among people with a Turkish or Moroccan...
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    New Netherland (Nieuw-Nederland in Dutch) was the 17th century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on the northeastern coast...
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    Netherlands. The Netherlands made numerous attempts to colonize Tobago (Nieuw-Walcheren) in the 17th century. Each time, the settlements were destroyed...
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    Surinam on March 21, 1942. Because there were delays in construction of the Jodensavanne camp, the internees spent six months at Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam...
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    Essequebo Dutch Guiana Nickerie (200 miles SE of Georgetown)(small) 1718 Dutch Surinam 1651 English, 1667 Dutch, 1799 English during French wars, 1814 restored...
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  • abbreviated as S.V. Arsenal, is a Surinamese football club based in Nieuw Amsterdam that played in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football...
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    8-18. doi:10.1017/S0165115300013346 "Slavernij-historicus: nieuw Slavernijmuseum Amsterdam is gemiste kans". 1 op 1. KRO-NCRV. 2021-06-25. Piet Emmer...
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