Loango-Angola is the name for the possessions of the Dutch West India Company in contemporary Angola and the Republic of the Congo. Notably, the name refers...
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of copper, from the Kingdom of Loango. Pieter van den Broecke was employed by one of these companies. In 1612, a Dutch fortress was built in Mouree (present...
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Portugal History of the Netherlands Dutch Brazil Dutch Loango-Angola Colonialism Dutch East India Company Dutch West India Company Sinhalese–Portuguese...
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Island (in Mauritania) Dutch Cape Colony Dutch Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana, including El Mina) Dutch Loango-Angola (Luanda, Sonyo and Cabinda)...
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The Kingdom of Loango (also Luangu, Luaangu, Lwaangu, Lwangu, Luango, Lwango, Luaango or Lwaango) was a pre-colonial African state, during approximately...
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European exploration of Africa (section Dutch)
Coast and Dutch Slave Coast were successful. But in the colony of Dutch Loango-Angola, the Portuguese managed to expel the Dutch. In Dutch Mauritius the...
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(Portuguese and Dutch) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Angola, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Angola. (Dates...
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have been temporarily occupied by the Dutch: Colonial Heads of Dutch Gold Coast History of Ghana Dutch Loango-Angola Ministry of the Colonies (Netherlands)...
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Boers. The Dutch had several possessions in West Africa. These included the Dutch Gold Coast, the Dutch Slave Coast, Dutch Loango-Angola, Senegambia...
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Negerhollands (category Articles containing Dutch-language text)
slave forts in West Africa and Central Africa (e.g. the Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Loango-Angola). From 1732 onwards, Moravian missionaries began visiting...
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local, British, French and Dutch merchants played a key role. If we combine the numbers of Central Africa (Angola and Loango) and those of the East Coast...
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Island (in Mauritania) Dutch Cape Colony Dutch Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana, including El Mina) Dutch Loango-Angola (Luanda, Sonyo and Cabinda)...
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Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (redirect from Njinga of Angola)
directorate of Loango-Angola. The fall of Luanda was a major blow to the Portuguese, and Nzinga quickly dispatched an embassy to the Dutch-controlled city...
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preceded the much wider known colonization activities of the Dutch in Asia. While the first Dutch fort in Asia was built in 1600 in present-day Indonesia,...
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Cabinda Province (category 1975 establishments in Angola)
kingdoms, such as the Kingdoms of Ngoyo, Loango, and Kakongo in present-day Cabinda. Over the years, the Portuguese, Dutch, and English established trading posts...
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list of the known kings of Loango. It is not possible with current knowledge to present a definitive list of the rulers of Loango. There are only scattered...
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Kingdom of Kongo (category Early modern history of Angola)
neighbouring kingdoms, such as Ngoyo, Kakongo, Loango, Ndongo, and Matamba, the latter two located in what is Angola today. From c. 1390 to 1862, it was an independent...
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authority ruling all Dutch India. Instead, Dutch India was divided into the governorates Dutch Ceylon and Dutch Coromandel, the commandment Dutch Malabar, and...
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The Dutch began their colonisation of the Guianas, the coastal region between the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in South America, in the late 16th century...
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The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the New World territories, colonies, and countries (former and current) of the Dutch...
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Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia. Batavia can refer to the city proper or its...
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and successfully captured the Portuguese settlements in Angola in 1641. In 1642, the Dutch captured the Portuguese possession of Axim in Africa. By 1650...
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The Dutch Language Union (Dutch: Nederlandse Taalunie [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ˈtaːlˌyni] , NTU) is an international regulatory institution that governs issues...
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Dutch Brazil (Dutch: Nederlands-Brazilië), also known as New Holland (Dutch: Nieuw-Holland), was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion...
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Bengal was a directorate of the Dutch East India Company in Mughal Bengal between 1610 until the company's liquidation in 1800. It then became a colony...
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Joseph de Monic, Governor (1697–1702) Dutch Republic Dutch colonial empire Monarchs Africa Dutch Loango-Angola Governors Pieter Moorthamer, Director (1641–1642)...
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also known in Dutch as Bovenkust ("Upper Coast"), was the collective noun for the fortifications and trading posts owned by the Dutch West India Company...
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The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory...
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Portrait of Dom Miguel de Castro, Emissary of Congo (category Dutch Golden Age paintings)
King Garcia II of Kongo. The Dutch West India Company had conquered Loango-Angola in 1641 from the Portuguese, and they had heavily relied on the assistance...
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Surinam (Dutch: Suriname), also unofficially known as Dutch Guiana, was a Dutch plantation colony in the Guianas, bordered by the equally Dutch colony of...
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