Prologue – p.34Introduction – p.38A Knife All Blade – p.84The Politics of Dutch Brazil between the WIC and the States General – p.45The Mauritshuis and Its Brazilian Ties – p.49Constantijn Huygens, Friend and Articulator – p.55The "Exotic" Garden of the Count – p.59Antonio Paraupaba: Indigenous Claims – p.65Mary Stuart, the Amazon – p.149Colonial Living. Conquered Lands and Sea Heroes in the Netherlands – p.153The WIC and the Trade in Humans – p.157Potiguara Letters. Indigenous Allies and Enemies – p.161The Otherness of the Exotic – p.165Black Amsterdam – p.343The Foundations of the First WIC – p.347Sweet Business, Saltwater Slavery – p.351Baía de Todos os Sanctos – p.355The Façade, published by Nest and developed by Carolina Monteiro and Rafael Roncato, traces how Dutch-Brazilian colonial history still echoes in The Hague’s streets, symbols, and collective memory.Behind the Façade is a two-part project initiated by art space Nest in The Hague and artist Babak Fakhamzadeh, that explores the colonial history of Dutch Brazil. Part 1, Sins Beneath the Equator, combines the often unheard stories of Dutch colonisation in northeastern Brazil. Babak Fakhamzadeh created this phase in collaboration with investigative journalist Carolina Monteiro from the research platform Marco Zero, where the articles are also published. Part 2, The Façade, focuses on the traces of this underexposed part of Dutch history in the Netherlands, with particular attention to The Hague. The result is this publication, developed by Carolina Monteiro and Rafael Roncato.