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East Indies
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A name formerly applied vaguely, in its widest sense, to the whole area of India, Further India and the Malay Archipelago, in distinction from the West Indies, which, at the time of their discovery, were taken to be the extreme parts of the Indian region. The term "East Indies" is still sometimes applied to the Malay Archipelago alone, and the phrase "Dutch East Indies" is commonly used to denote the Dutch possessions which constitute the greater part of that archipelago. The Dutch themselves use the term Nederlandsch-Indic.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'East Indies'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/east-indies.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'East Indies'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/east-indies.html. 1910.
