[peyton]

The competition was very aggressive, escalating into several Anglo-Dutch wars. The VOC absolutely outcompeted the EIC most of the time. How do you explain the staying power of English given that “imperialism” is the more appropriate context, not “British Imperialism”?

[dragonwriter]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_colonial_empire#/media/F...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#/media/File:The...

[Aicy]

The Dutch and Portuguese outcompeted the British, until they didn't.

In the 19th and early 20th century the British owned the seas, a post 1945 another English speaking country has - the United States.