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Entry No. 491ScienceNetherlands

Gert Oostindiecolonial historian

Oostindie means East Indies in Dutch; he specialises in Dutch colonial history.

Trade
colonial historian
Field
Science
Country
Netherlands
Attached to
Leiden University
Name origin
Dutch: East Indies

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Wikipedia · the name

Wikipedia notes Oostindie may derive from Oosteinde (east end), not Oost-Indië.