In the 17th century Dutch ships sailed across the seas. They where send by their masters
the VOC. An companionship of rich men that wanted to earn lots of money on trade. They did
send the ships to find the best traderoute to the Indian territory. Up to then the
expensive spices where brought on long trips on camel backs all the way from the East to
Europe.Instead of finding the East, the ships sailed in the direction we now know as
America. In 1664 New York, until then called New Amsterdam, was taken from the Dutch by
the English. It's a pitty, we would have liked to be the boss in America today.
This image is a replica of the ship "BATAVIA"
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