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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Anglo-Dutch"”.
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The Anglo-Dutch Imperial Meridian in the Indian Ocean World, 1795-1820
What happened when the Dutch and British empires overlapped across the Indian Ocean in the late eighteenth century? Histories of these empires generally focus on their early modern rivalry through patterns of war and trade that subsided after Britain’s invasion of Dutch colonies during the French …
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Anglo-Dutch trade flows 1955-75 : their effects on, and consequences for, Dutch port development and planning
In the last few decades Dutch port planning has increasingly become dominated by the spectacular growth of the main port in the Dutch national seaport range, Rotterdam. The success of this port has resulted in it becoming a model for seaport development not only in the Netherlands, but also …
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Dutch Artists in England: Examining the Cultural Interchange between England and the Netherlands in ‘Low’ Art in the Seventeenth Century.
… and creating the art weren’t English, they were Dutch. Over this one hundred year period scores of Dutch artists migrated over from the Dutch Republic and showed England this Golden Age of painting that had established Dutch artists back in the Netherlands as pioneers in their line of work. In …
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The metaphor of perspective
… of recent scholarship drawing on English and Dutch visual culture traditions. These poems were written in close temporal proximity, and both provide a highly politicised account of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1664-7). Marvell’s poem is traditionally read as a satiric response to Edmund …
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Peat exploitation on Thorne Moors. A case-study from the Yorkshire-Lincolnshire border 1626-1963, with integrated notes on Hatfield Moors
… of several smaller companies, including the Anglo-Dutch Griendtsveen Moss Litter Co. Ltd. The British Moss Litter Co. was acquired by Fisons Ltd in 1963. Following a contextual history, descriptions are given of both muscle-powered peat winning and transportation methodologies. These comprise …
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Peat exploitation on Thorne Moors. A case-study from the Yorkshire-Lincolnshire border 1626-1963, with integrated notes on Hatfield Moors
… of several smaller companies, including the Anglo-Dutch Griendtsveen Moss Litter Co. Ltd. The British Moss Litter Co. was acquired by Fisons Ltd in 1963. Following a contextual history, descriptions are given of both muscle-powered peat winning and transportation methodologies. These comprise …
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British personnel in the Dutch navy, 1642-1697
… labour market study, the thesis focuses on the Dutch naval labour market, analysing wartime Zeeland admiralty crews. The research is based primarily on unique naval pay sources. Analysis of crew compositions has not been made on this scale in the period before. The 1667 Dutch Medway Raid is the …
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Intercultural contact and the creation of Albany's new diplomatic landscape, 1647--1680
… focuses on analyzing how the actions of the Dutch and smaller Indian tribes such as the Esopus, Wappingers, and Hackensacks were imperative in establishing Albany as the center of the new diplomatic landscape of Indian and European affairs in northeast North America. In analyzing these …
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"""A disgrace to her Colours"": the Mediterranean population problem & tactics of governmentality in eighteenth-century Gibraltar"
… technologies of governmentality. Captured by Anglo-Dutch forces in 1704, Britain formally acquired this Mediterranean possession in 1713. Shortly after its acquisition, Britons embraced the territory as their own, proclaiming it to be a ""bulwark"" of Great Britain and ""bastion"" of …
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THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND THE CONTEST FOR NORTH SUMATRA 1858-1896
… and Oostkust van Sumatra were the last to resist Dutch influence because they were almost exclusively the commercial preserve of Britain. It was not until the end of the century that Holland overcame this difficulty and established her claim over the whole area, giving way to the demands of …