Dutch colonial state covering most of the modern Indonesian archipelago, formed when the Dutch government nationalized the bankrupt VOC's territories in 1800.
Indonesia declared independence 17 August 1945; after the Indonesian War of Independence the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty on 27 December 1949.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Dutch East Indies — the shape you scrub through changes in 1800 · 1945.
Acclaimed panoramic history of the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia's revolutionary birth.