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Jacob Dircksz de Graeff (1570–1638), Amsterdam burgomaster and regent, statesman; Lenaert Jansz de Graeff (around 1525/30-before 1578), one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation in Amsterdam, captain of the Sea Beggars; Pieter de Graeff (1638–1707), Amsterdam patrician, politician; brother-in-law of Johan de Witt; Glennis Grace (born ...
Bredero (1585–1618), poet (sonnets) and dramatist (comedies), his most famous comedy, De Spaanse Brabander (English: The Spanish Brabanter), describes the seamy side of life in Amsterdam Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647), historian, poet and dramatist, who wrote Nederlandsche Historiën (English: Dutch History ), which was never ...
Amsterdam was Europe's most important hub for the shipment of goods and was the leading financial centre of the Western world. [55] In 1602, the Amsterdam office of the Dutch East India Company became the world's first stock exchange by trading in its own shares. [56]
People from Amsterdam, North Holland, capital of the Netherlands. Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. Burials ...
Jakob Roggeveen (1659–1729), First European to reach Easter Island Easter 1722 Willem Schouten (1567–1625), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation Simon van der Stel (1639–1702), explored South Africa North and East of Cape Town
Although the people no longer referred to themselves as "Franks", the Netherlands was still part of the Frankish empire of Charlemagne. Indeed, because of the Austrasian origins of the Carolingians in the area between the Rhine and the Maas, the cities of Aachen, Maastricht, Liège and Nijmegen were at the heart of Carolingian culture. [8]
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He died in Amsterdam. He had two sons, Johannes and Cornelis Blaeu, who continued their father's mapmaking and publishing business after his death in 1638. Prints of the family's works are still sold today. Original maps are rare collector items. Blaeu's 1630 map of Europe Blaeu's 1614 map of the Americas