Where did the term Indies come from? - History Stack Exchange Exploration of the East Indies by European powers began in the last three years of the 15th century and continued into the 16th century, led by the Portuguese explorers The Portuguese described the entire region they discovered as the Indies But did this have anything to do with the land of India being part of (or being close to) the Indies?
ww2 pacific theater - What was the main purpose in Japan trying to . . . The Dutch East Indies campaign saw Japan try to capture the Dutch East Indies oilfields intact, i e before the local troops destroyed them: After these main objectives in Borneo were completed, the Japanese forces planned a three-pronged assault southward using three forces named Eastern Force, Center Force and Western Force
Did the British East India Company operate in the West Indies? This question in the Science Fiction and fantasy stack exchange asks about the British East India Company operating in the West Indies According to Wikipedia, there were a number of East India Companies
Why didn’t the U. S. annex the entire Spanish East Indies at the end of . . . Following Spain’s utter defeat in the 1898 Spanish-American War, the United States annexed (at least temporarily) almost the entirety of the Spanish colonial empire, including parts of the Spanish East Indies (the Philippines, 3 plus the island of Guam 4 in the southern Marianas); however, apart from Guam, Spain’s Micronesian holdings were
20th century - What universities existed in Dutch East Indies, and how . . . Prior to 1800, the education system was in the hands of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) There was no higher education, only schools which were small, locally based, and mostly religiously oriented The company distrusted the effects of education on its indigenous subjects and gave schools little encouragement
united states - Did the Netherlands join the anti-Japanese oil embargo . . . Japan asked for 3 2 million barrels from the Dutch East Indies, which could only supply 1 4 million barrels, less than half of the Japanese request Shortly before the oil embargo, the U S also froze Japanese credit, severely curtailing its ability to pay, meaning that even the import of 1 4 million barrels was a "one time" thing
15th century - Why did Columbus cross the mid-Atlantic instead of . . . @DrZ214 But, as TED's answer says, Columbus thought the distance to the Indies was even shorter than the distance he actually travelled to the Caribbean He thought he was travelling about 3,700km and he ended up travelling about 4,100mi (6,600km) If he thought he was travelling only 3,700km, he should have set off even less far north!
colonization - How many Dutch lived in Indonesia during the colonial . . . This Wikipedia article shows the results of the 1930 Dutch East Indies census (in the Social History section), listing 240,417 Europeans out of a total population of over 60 7MM Calculating this as 0 4% European (with an additional 2 2%, or 1 35MM, Chinese and other foreign orientals), the European population was outnumbered 250-1 and the non
How did East Indies oil lose its top billing in the Pacific War as . . . This, in turn, stems from the fact that prior to capturing the East Indies, Japan had enough oil reserves for two years of defensive warfare, but only one year of offensive warfare The East Indies were critical in late 1941-early 1942, because Japan was planning a major offensive that would take them across Southeast Asia and the South Pacific