His father was a law professor in the Dutch East Indies.

Until 1919, they were part of Dutch East Indies' law.

Cost us the whole of the Dutch East Indies, as they were called then.

For more than 300 years it was the Dutch East Indies.

Back home in the Dutch East Indies he got married and raised a family.

Until 1949 it was a part of the Dutch East Indies.

In 1654-1655 he made a trip to the Dutch East Indies.

In 1850, he was sent to the Dutch East Indies.

He was born and died in the Dutch East Indies.

This turned into a museum about the Dutch East Indies.