Fun Facts. 1  Chihuahuaâs coat of arms bears a shield with a red border. 2  The stateâs name is believed to come from a NÃ¡huatl word that means dry, sandy place. 3  The largest state in Mexico, Chihuahua is slightly larger than the United Kingdom, six times larger than Switzerland and seven times larger than Holland.
The Dutch controlled Indonesia longer and had more influence on Indonesia than any other country. The Dutch had some form of influence on Indonesia from 1602 up until 1949.That is 347 years of influence.hen at the start of the century in 1602, the Dutch East India Company was established. Another name for the Dutch East India Company is the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie more commonly known as the VOC. The VOC was made to protect trade in the Indian Ocean and to assist in war of independence from Spain.
The Dutch Empire (Dutch: Nederlands-koloniale Rijk) comprised the overseas territories controlled by the Dutch Republic and, later, the modern Netherlands from the 17th century to the mid-1950s.The Dutch followed Portugal and Spain in establishing an overseas colonial empire.For this, they were aided by their skills in shipping and trade and the surge of nationalism accompanying the struggle for independence from Spain.he Dutch colonized Mauritius in 1638, several decades after three ships out of the Dutch Second Fleet sent to the Spice Islands were blown off course in a storm and landed in 1598. They named it in honor of Prince Maurice of Nassau, the Stadtholder of the Netherlands.