A Governor's Banquet for His Enemies Mapped Empire's Limits
Dutch Colonial Period

A Governor's Banquet for His Enemies Mapped Empire's Limits

A Dutch colonial governor threw a banquet for his enemies—and accidentally mapped the limits of empire.

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