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A Line Through Time: The Prime Meridian, Greenwich
Diocese of London United Kingdom Standing at the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, this short audio viewpoint explores the line from which global time and longitude are measured. It explains how and why…
It looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys
The Hague The Netherlands The Gevangenenpoort, Prisoner’s Gate, here in The Hague, from 1420 until 1828, was used for housing people who had committed serious crimes while they awaited sentencing. It…
Will the real Amazon please stand up?
Terme T rkiye We find ourselves a few kilometers outside of the small town of Terme, on the southern shores of the Black Sea, in Turkey. Just ahead, we can see a statue of an Amazonian warrior,…
The contested origins of Fortaleza
Fortaleza Brazil The Brazilian state of Ceará is one of the poorer regions of Brazil. The GDP per capita is just a third of that of the people in the state of Sao Paulo, and not even a fifth of those…
Echoes of empire: On Itaparica, where Dutch ambition met Machiavellian brutality
Vera Cruz Brazil Standing on Itaparica Island today, with the sea breeze brushing past the ramparts of the old fort of São Lourenço, it’s easy to be lulled by the slow rhythms of Bahia. But beneath…
A secretary’s plea for a colonial vision
The Hague The Netherlands You are standing in the Binnenhof, the heart of the Dutch Republic. Imagine this is the winter of 1642; narrow windows filter the pale northern light into the vaulted…
How a dinnerless palace ended a colonial reign
Amsterdam The Netherlands It was the spring of 1642, and the corridors of the Dutch West India Company headquarters were quiet, dimly lit by daylight slanting through small windows, the air heavy…
Tension at the top: From Fort Maurits to the heart of a colonial power struggle
Teot nio Vilela Brazil Stand on the windswept grounds of Fort Maurits today, near the banks of the São Francisco River in northeastern Brazil, and it’s hard to imagine the colonial drama that once…
What if the Dutch had stayed?
Jaboat o dos Guararapes Brazil We are at Praça do Córrego da Batalha, in the municipality of Jaboatão dos Guararapes. A córrego is a brook, or stream. The square marks the beginning of an avenue also…
Slave-Smuggling, Power, and the Humanist Prince of Dutch Brazil
Cidade Velha Cabo Verde We’re at the pelourinho in Cidade Velha, in the south of the island of Santiago, in Cape Verde. The historic centre of Cidade Velha is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town…
How Livorno’s Jews Quietly Shaped Dutch Brazil
Livorno Italy We’re standing in front of the new synagogue of Livorno. It was completed in 1962, just around the corner from where the old synagogue used to stand, which was destroyed during World…
From monopoly to compromise
Bergen The Netherlands We’re at the former offices of the Noorderkwartier, one of the chambers of the Dutch West India Company, in Hoorn. In the 17th century, its officers were swayed by anonymous…
The Poti: Catholics and Calvinists
Pedro R gis Brazil It's true that the Paraíba coast is one of the most popular destinations for tourism in Brazil. There are many beautiful beaches along the coast of Paraíba, one of which is where…
A Dutch Amazon
We are on the banks of the Xingu River, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. When we think of the Dutch occupation of Brazil in the 17th century, we usually think of the Brazilian north-east, where…
Becoming part of the lexicon
Recife Brazil We stand here before the statue of the goddess Athena, or, if you’re more Roman inclined, Minerva, at the head of the Maurício de Nassau Bridge, in Recife. The goddess of wisdom, the…
The spectacle
The Hague The Netherlands The German John Maurice de Nassau-Siegen enlisted in the Dutch army at the tender age of 16. Though from a respectable family with royal connections, his father had spent…
A good trade
Middelburg The Netherlands We’re in the town of Middelburg, at the location of the West India house, once the home of the offices of the Zeeland chamber of the Dutch West India Company. The current…
The German polymath
Cape Town South Africa The term ‘polymath’ dates back to at least 1603, when it was first used in the title of a published work, by the German Johann van Wowern. He defined polymathy as "knowledge of…
The department of government expansion
Venice Italy 17th century Europeans, specifically the capitalist elite, were recognizably cosmopolitan. They moved between countries, had commercial fingers in international pies, and exploited the…
Death of a prince
Kranenburg Germany We’re standing in front of the tomb of John Maurice de Nassau-Siegen. We’re in the village of Hau, on the border of Kleve, and just a few kilometers away from the border with the…
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