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A decade ago, an employee stole 25 priceless documents from the Netherlands’ National Archives in the Hague. The trove ...
Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," said the latest discovery was among his most significant.
A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several ...
Arthur Brand worked with police to return the items to the Netherlands’ National Archives after they were found in an attic ...
A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several ...
Dutch art detective Arthur Brand, known for recovering stolen masterpieces by artists ranging from Picasso to Van Gogh, has ...
THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY IN NEW-YORK. Share full article. Feb. 17, 1879. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 17, 1879, Page 4 Buy Reprints.
A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the English.
The Dutch East India Company, or the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), was founded in 1602. As one of the first joint-stock corporations in the world, the VOC enabled Dutch citizens to ...
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 ...
The Making of a Country: From Dutch East Indies to Modern-Day Indonesia ... research focuses on the history of the establishment of the Reformed church in the East Indies during the time of the Dutch ...