The Historian · Femke · Amsterdam
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
You can't understand Amsterdam's wealth without the ships. This is where I explain the whole VOC — glory and violence both.
The 1656 naval storehouse, now the museum of how a small country ruled the seas. A full-size East Indiaman floats at the dock outside.
— Femke, The Historian
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