I'd say the only times they 'enbraced' an external influence was the Dutch (because during the CATHOLIC uprising spurned by the Portuguese, they supplied them with guns and even warned them if the incoming American armada during the 19th century) and ironically The British Empire.
I'd say the only times they 'enbraced' an external influence was the Dutch (because during the CATHOLIC uprising spurned by the Portuguese, they supplied them with guns and even warned them if the incoming American armada during the 19th century) and ironically The British Empire.
Good old neederlanders. Not really trying to be an empire, just trying to be a bro.