ABSTRACT
In the rich history of the Dutch East Indies, we always meet foreigners, including non-Dutch Europeans. There were also hundreds of thousands of non-Dutch employees of the Dutch East India Company (1602–1799), mainly Germans, Danes, Swedes, and French, but also Czechs, Poles, and Hungarians. In the following, I focus on László Székely, a Hungarian traveller who first became known in the colonies thanks to his critical books, paintings, and caricatures, and who later gained international fame. 1
