Tag: Netherlands
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1754 Dutch East Indies (Utrecht) 1/2 Duit
A coin from when companies colonised. Dutch East Indies Map of the East Indies. From Britannica). Archeological findings trace the history of modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia, back to the fifth century. By the 16th century, it was a thriving port city known as Sunda Kelapa. At that time, the Hindu kingdom of Pajajaran ruled the area…
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2016 PNC 400th Anniversary Dirk Hartog’s landing
A large medallion for a large milestone Unknown South Land (Early Dutch map of Australia (Hollandia Nova) showing much of the west and north of the country. Map from Swaen.com) Aboriginal people are known to have occupied mainland Australia for at least 65,000 years. It is widely accepted that this predates the modern human settlement…