The National Cemetery Interment Control Forms for Rock Island National Cemetery give Private Staver’s date of death as May 28 ...

Upon moving to the United States and purchasing a large plantation in South Carolina, where he collected specimens before shipping ... via the Dutch East Indies, hoping to find a route to St ...

Pushing south through the Dutch East Indies, the Imperial Japanese Naval General Staff ... This plan was vetoed by the Imperial Japanese Army, which lacked the manpower and shipping capability to ...

One of the most significant conflicts to take place during his naval career was the Nine Years’ War which broke out in 1688 and involved England fighting alongside the Grand Alliance which included ...

Interestingly, in 1623, Dutch explorer Jan Carstenszoon retraced Duyfken’s 1606 route into ... Council of the Indies dispatched another explorer and merchant, Abel Janzoon Tasman on a voyage of ...

Backed by the Dutch Republic, the Dutch East India Company ... noting how the VOC distributed a spice from the nutmeg tree cultivated in the East Indies . “It was a kind of compromise solution, ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's Guangzhou Port, the largest shipping hub in the country's south, opened a direct route to Chancay port in Peru on Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, a move it ...

Of Dutch East Indies descent, she co-authored the report Unsafe Spaces about antisemitism at Dutch universities, writes columns for De Limburger, and has published op-eds in NRC and Volkskrant.

Discover the intriguing ways Russia's frigid climate shapes its Arctic shipping routes. 🌨️ The interplay of weather and seafaring in this frozen expanse is more than just fascinating ...

On 20 March 1602, the Dutch East India Company (‘Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie’ in Dutch) or the VOC announced the first initial public offering (IPO), laying a foundation for modern financial ...