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| - | '''Conrad Busken Huet''' (December 28, 1826, [[The Hague]] - 1 May 1886, [[Paris]](aged 59)), was a [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] literary critic. | + | '''East Indies''' is a term used by Europeans from the 16th century onwards to identify what is now known as the [[Indian subcontinent]], [[Southeastern Asia]], and the islands of [[Oceania]] and [[Maritime Southeast Asia]]. The term has traditionally excluded China, Japan, and other countries to the north of India and the Himalayas as the term the [[Far East]] was used. |
| - | He was trained for the Church, and, after studying at [[Geneva]] and [[Lausanne]], was appointed [[pastor]] of the Walloon chapel in [[Haarlem]] in 1851. In 1863 conscientious scruples obliged him to resign his charge, and Busken Huet, after attempting [[journalism]], went out to [[Java]] in 1868 as the editor of a [[newspaper]]. Before this time, however, he had begun his career as a polemical man of letters, although it was not until 1872 that he was made famous by the first series of his ''Literary Fantasies'', a title under which he gradually gathered in successive volumes all that was most durable in his work as a critic. His one novel, ''Lidewyde'', was written under strong French influences. | + | The names "India" and "the Indies" are derived from the [[Indus River]] flowing through modern-day Pakistan, India and western Tibet, and were applied by the ancient Greeks to most of the regions of Asia east of [[History of Iran|Persia]]. This usage dates at least from the time of [[Herodotus]], in the 5th century BC (see [[Names of India]]). |
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| + | During the Dutch colonial era, [[Indonesia]] was called the ''[[Dutch East Indies]]'' or ''Dutch East India''. The name ''Indonesia'' itself comes from the Greek roots ''Indo'' (from ''Indus'' or ''India'') and ''Nesos'' meaning ''Islands''. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Dutch East Indies]] | ||
| + | *[[East India Company]] | ||
| + | *[[Indies]] | ||
| + | *[[Insulindia]] | ||
| + | *[[Spanish East Indies]] | ||
| + | *[[Strait Settlements]] | ||
| + | *[[Caribbean|West Indies]] | ||
| - | Returning from the [[East Indies]], Busken Huet settled for the remainder of his life in Paris. For the last quarter of a century he had been the acknowledged dictator in all questions of Dutch literary taste. Perfectly honest, desirous to be sympathetic, widely read, and devoid of all sectarian obstinacy, Busken Huet introduced into Holland the light and air of [[Europe]]. He made it his business to break down the narrow prejudices and the still narrower self-satisfaction of his countrymen, without endangering his influence by a mere effusion of [[paradox]]. He was a brilliant writer, who would have been admired in any language, but whose appearance in a literature so stiff and dead as that of Holland in the fifties was dazzling enough to produce a sort of awe and stupefaction. The posthumous correspondence of Busken Huet has been published, and adds to our impression of the vitality and versatility of his mind. Also, Huet used papers by [[Peter Thaborita]] for his description of [[Pier Gerlofs Donia]]. | ||
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East Indies is a term used by Europeans from the 16th century onwards to identify what is now known as the Indian subcontinent, Southeastern Asia, and the islands of Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia. The term has traditionally excluded China, Japan, and other countries to the north of India and the Himalayas as the term the Far East was used.
The names "India" and "the Indies" are derived from the Indus River flowing through modern-day Pakistan, India and western Tibet, and were applied by the ancient Greeks to most of the regions of Asia east of Persia. This usage dates at least from the time of Herodotus, in the 5th century BC (see Names of India).
During the Dutch colonial era, Indonesia was called the Dutch East Indies or Dutch East India. The name Indonesia itself comes from the Greek roots Indo (from Indus or India) and Nesos meaning Islands.
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See also
- Dutch East Indies
- East India Company
- Indies
- Insulindia
- Spanish East Indies
- Strait Settlements
- West Indies
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