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The expedition to Macau and the Pescadores was the brainchild of Dutch Governor-General Jan Pieterszoon Coen. At Batavia, headquarters of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Coen organized an initial fleet of eight ships for the expedition to Macau, with orders that any Dutch vessel encountered along the way was to be incorporated into the invasion fleet.
In 1948 a monument and plaque was erected in Ferney, Vieux Grand Port to commemorate the first Dutch landing which had taken place 350 years earlier. [7] The monument is located next to abandoned buildings which were built by the settlers using granite stone blocks. [8]
Grand Port is named after the village of 'Old Grand Port' which saw the first Dutch landing and the first port of the island. It is centered on the town of Mahébourg on the coast, inside the Grand Port Bay. Built by the Dutch and later taken over by the French, the town is a reminder of the colonial past of the island.
Monument City is a former settlement in Huntington County, Indiana.. Located at the current site of the Salamonie Reservoir in southern Huntington County, the parking area to view the remains of Monument City is located near the coordinates 40°45’49.45″ N 85°35’31.64” W. Monument City was covered by the damming up of the Salamonie River to create Salamonie Lake in 1965.
The structure was built as the Town Hall of the City of Amsterdam [2] "facing the landing wharfs along Damrak, which at that time would have been busy with ships". [3] The town hall was opened on 29 July 1655 by Cornelis de Graeff, the mayor of Amsterdam. [4] De Graeff's son Jacob de Graeff laid the foundation for this along with three other ...
The park covers the early colonial history of Delaware and the role Delaware played in the establishment of the nation, leading up to it being the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. It tells the unique story of the early settlement of the Delaware Valley by the Dutch, Swedes, Finns, and English and their relationship with Native ...
The Monument Indië-Nederland is located near the Olympiaplein in the southern part of Amsterdam.The monument was originally a memorial for General J. B. van Heutsz, who was the commandant of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army and is also known for conquering Aceh for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1903 following the Aceh War.
The monument was designed by J. Nieuwehuis, an employee of the Dutch governmental company Rijkswaterstaat.The monument is meant as an ironic gesture towards the Spanish Duke of Alba who is up until today a hated figure in Dutch History due to his radical approach towards the Dutch population at the time.