From the 17th to the early 19th century, Malacca was a Dutch possession.

This was to prevent the French from claiming the Dutch possessions.

However, no boundary between the Spanish and Dutch possessions was ever defined.

For most of the 17th and 18th centuries, the slowly expanding settlement was a Dutch possession.

With the Dutch possessions, the British took over all legal obligations including the existing treaties and contracts.

Suriname became an official Dutch possession in return.

From 1715 to 1720 he served in Cochin, a Dutch possession at the time.

It was to remain a Dutch possession until 1975.

The museum was founded in order to show Dutch overseas possessions, and the inhabitants of these foreign countries, such as Indonesia.

There was a close association between the Cape and these Dutch possessions in the far east.