Geographic region of islands east of India and Mainland Southeast Asia
"Indies" redirects here. For other uses, see Indies (disambiguation).
For other uses, see East Indies (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with East India.
A 1606 map of the East IndiesAn 1801 map of the East Indies
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Western New Guinea
West Indies
Countries sometimes included in West Indies
The East Indies (or simply the Indies) is a term used in historical narratives of the Age of Discovery. The Indies broadly refers to various lands in the East or the Eastern Hemisphere, particularly the islands and mainlands found in and around the Indian Ocean by Portuguese explorers, soon after the Cape Route was discovered. In a narrow sense, the term is used to refer to the Malay Archipelago, which today comprises the Philippine Archipelago, Indonesian Archipelago, Borneo, and New Guinea. Historically, the term was used in the Age of Discovery to refer to the coasts of the landmasses comprising the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese Peninsula along with the Malay Archipelago.[1][2][3]
^"A map of the East-Indies and the adjacent countries, with the settlements, factories and territories, explaning [sic] what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal & c with many remarks not extant in any other map". 1720.
^"East Indies | islands, Southeast Asia | Britannica".
The EastIndies (or simply the Indies) is a term used in historical narratives of the Age of Discovery. The Indies broadly refers to various lands in the...
The Dutch EastIndies, also known as the Netherlands EastIndies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory...
The Spanish EastIndies (Spanish: Indias orientales españolas) were the colonies of the Spanish Empire in Asia and Oceania from 1565 to 1901, governed...
governors and colonial administrators of the Dutch EastIndies. Japanese occupation of the Dutch EastIndies President of Indonesia List of presidents of Indonesia...
Patriarch of the EastIndies (Latin: Patriarcha Indiarum Orientalium; Patriarchatus Indiarum Orientalium for Titular Patriarchate of the EastIndies) in the Catholic...
The Royal Netherlands EastIndies Army (Dutch: Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL, Dutch pronunciation: [knɪl]) (Indonesian: Tentara Kerajaan Hindia...
The Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch EastIndies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945...
alternative names that have been used include the 'Dutch EastIndies Company', 'United East India Company', 'Jan Company', or 'Jan Compagnie'. Before...
Company rule in the Dutch EastIndies began when the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, "United East India Company"; VOC)...
The Eastern Fleet, later called the EastIndies Fleet, was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1952. In 1904, the British First Sea...
World War ended, the EastIndies Fleet became the Far East Fleet. Meanwhile, a separate Commander-in-Chief for the EastIndies was reappointed. During...
Indian Ocean region, initially with the EastIndies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of...
The French and British interregnum in the Dutch EastIndies of the Dutch EastIndies took place between 1806 and 1816. The French ruled between 1806 and...
The Dutch EastIndies was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, which ceded Dutch Malacca, a governorate...
In its narrowest sense, the term refers to people in the former Dutch EastIndies who held European legal status but were of mixed Dutch and indigenous...
in the FIFA World Cup, particularly in the 1938 edition as the Dutch EastIndies. The 6–0 loss to eventual finalists Hungary in the first round remains...
began to use the term West Indies to distinguish this region from both the original "Indies" (i.e. India) and the EastIndies of South Asia and Southeast...
Portuguese carrack. By the end of 1509, Albuquerque became viceroy of the EastIndies with the capital at Velha Goa, after the Cape route was discovered by...
Malacca in 1512, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in the EastIndies, and sought to dominate the sources of valuable spices and to extend...
after the capitulation of the Japanese occupational forces in the Dutch EastIndies (present-day Indonesia) at the end of World War II. In January 1946,...
of the state of Indonesia match the 20th-century borders of the Dutch EastIndies. Fossilised remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as "Java Man", and...
(1778–1783) The EastIndies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars West Indies Campaign (disambiguation) War of the League of the Indies Indian War (disambiguation)...
known in the Dutch EastIndies as the Indies Empire style. The development of the Indies Empire style is strongly related to the Indies culture, a society...
The Royal Netherlands EastIndies Army Air Force (Dutch: Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL) was the air arm of...
The First Dutch Expedition to the EastIndies (Dutch: Eerste Schipvaart) was an expedition that took place from 1595 to 1597. It was instrumental in opening...
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