The flag of the Dutch Republic. It is also the used as a ship's ensign.
The Dutch Republic comprised the European and overseas territories and trading posts controlled and administered by Dutch charted companies, such as the Dutch West India Company, and then subsequently by the Republic.
History[]
Background[]
The territories that would later form the Dutch Republic began as a loose federation known as the Seventeen Provinces, which Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor (also Carlos I of Spain) inherited them and brought them under his direct control. In 1566, a Protestant revolt led by William of Orange led to the Eighty Years War. The Protestant Dutch would continue to have sporadic conflicts with Catholic Spain.
Seeking to have a stake in the New World and Asia, the Dutch East and West India Companies began setting up colonies and resupply ports in both areas. In 1609, an English explorer working for the Dutch East India Company, Henry Hudson, sailed his ship up the Narrows searching for a passage to Asia.
The first Dutch fur tradition posts and settlements were established in 1641. Eventually, a city sprang up in the area named New Amsterdam, which was first incorporated as a city on February 2, 1653.
On August 27, 1664, four English frigates sailed into the harbor and demanded the surrender of the city and New Netherlands. Two weeks later, Governor Peter Stuyvesant capitulated. The town was reincorporated under English law in June of 1665 as New York.
Recent History[]
In 1701 the last Habsburg King of Spain, Charles II, died without issue. He named Philip, a member of the Royal House of Bourbon of France, his heir. This led to the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, with the Dutch joining the British and Holy Roman Empire in fighting the Spanish and French out of fear that two of the most powerful entities in Europe would merge.
In 1705, Lord Peter Ashe promises to set up Miranda Hamilton and Lieutenant James McGraw comfortably with his friends in Amsterdam after they are ordered to leave England in exile after Thomas is imprisoned in an insane asylum. Instead, James and Miranda go to Nassau.
The war ended in 1713, with promises that the two empires would not merge and territorial concessions on the part of Spain.
Season One[]
Captain Flint keeps the book De Jure Belli ac Pacis, a book on the laws of war and peace by Dutch author Hugo Grotius, in his cabin aboard the Walrus.
James Bridge, captain of the pirate vessel the Demeter, arrives in Nassau with a cargo of 50 barrels of tobacco and a fluyt’s worth of rare silks.
Pirate Captain Naft takes a painting by Dutch artist Adriaen Hanneman, as well as an inferior forgery to Frasier for appraisal. The pirate struggles to understand why the forgery is inferior.
Season Two[]
In a flashback to 1705, Lord Peter Ashe promises to set up Miranda Hamilton and Lieutenant James McGraw comfortably with his friends in Amsterdam after they are ordered to leave England in exile after Thomas is imprisoned in an insane asylum. Instead, James and Miranda go to Nassau.
Season Three[]
A Dutch Slaver is chased by the pirate Charles Vane, who was told that the ship is carrying timber and other supplies necessary for fort repairs. In truth,Jack Rackham lied to him because he needed the slaves after the men who were paid to work on the fort refused. The Slaver Captain tries to throw the slaves overboard so Vane will be forced to stay behind and gather them. However, Vane leaves his longboats behind to rescue the slaves while he goes after the ship. Vane and his mean slaughter the crew and Vane has the Captain thrown overboard chained to cannonballs.
Season Four[]
After Spain attempted to regain the European territories they lost as the result of the previous war, they launched the War of the Quadruple Alliance. The Dutch, joined by their old allies the British and Holy Roman Empire, as well as their former foes the French Empire, declared war against the Spanish.
Territories[]
Europe
- The Netherlands