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Dutch East Indies

polity · 1650 AD–1944 AD

Dutch East Indies, a polity recorded 1650 AD–1944 AD: 6 mapped boundaries, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1650 AD–1782 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1650 ADSubject to Netherlands.
1783 AD–1814 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1783 AD—
1815 AD–1879 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1815 ADSubject to Netherlands.
1815 AD–1879 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1815 AD—
1920 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 AD—
1938 AD–1944 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 ADSubject to Netherlands.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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