Dutch Ships of the Golden Age
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- In the seventeenth century the Dutch Republic, or, more formally, the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands was the envy of all of Europe, described by historian Richard Unger as “the most prosperous economy in Europe and probably the world at the time.” The History Guy remembers the Dutch Golden age, when the small republic dominated world trade, was founded on her merchant fleet, the largest in the world, and the Dutch ship builders who were the envy of Europe's other powers.
This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.
You can purchase the bow tie worn in this episode at The Tie Bar:
www.thetiebar....
All events are portrayed in historical context and for educational purposes. No images or content are primarily intended to shock and disgust. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Non censuram.
Find The History Guy at:
Facebook: / thehistoryguyyt
Patreon: / thehistoryguy
Please send suggestions for future episodes: Suggestions@TheHistoryGuy.net
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered is the place to find short snippets of forgotten history from five to fifteen minutes long. If you like history too, this is the channel for you.
Subscribe for more forgotten history: / @thehistoryguychannel .
Awesome The History Guy merchandise is available at:
teespring.com/...
Script by THG
#history #thehistoryguy #Holland
![เปิดบ้าน พี่ตูน Bodyslam หลังใหม่คนแรก ที่ภูเก็ต l [Nickynachat]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/flFwcmyDQSk/mqdefault.jpg)
There is an old saying, "A Dutchman can buy from a Jew and sell to a Scotsman and make a profit."
Didja hear about the invention of copper wiring? Two Dutchmen fighting over a penny!
@@aldosigmann419
Okay, that one is really funny
@@aldosigmann419 That was silver wiring,.. copper had been invented at an earlier date when people were poorer.
I resemble that remark!
Never haggle with a Dutchman
Being a Dutchman myself, I'd like to thank you for shining a light on the history of our country! The last time I heard these stories was almost twenty years ago in high school, so this refresher course was fun :)
I've always held the 17th century Dutch in high esteem. They were quite progressive in their appreciation of the value of capitalism, tolerance, and science and appeared to be more interested in trade than conquest. They set the standard for the western liberal republics to follow.
One of my Dad's best friends was Dutch, he was very warm and kind to me. He never talked about WWII and what they had to do, but some people who knew him back then told me he risked his life in the resistance as a 13 year old. When I was a kid, I thought "Dutch Uncle" meant the sweetest guy in the world.
You sound cool Dutchman! Be well
@@FourthRootDid 17th century Dutch participate in the African slave trade? Did slavery exist in New Amsterdam?
@@pauleohl A fair point, but the Dutch were far from unique in this regard. Slavery was virtually universal at the time, so I wonder what nation you are comparing them to with that criticism. Also, the Netherlands were among the first countries to abolish slavery, most likely as a result of education and industrialization. The former enlightened people to the inhumanity of the practice while the later made it obsolete.
The Dutch had the most amazing paintings. Like photographs they did detail like no other.
The one with the golden helmet is amazing.
Details, look at the painting of Rembrandts mother by Gerrit Dou.
That's late renaissance painting in general.
That wind powered sawmill sounds like it is arguably the kickoff of the Industrial Revolution.
until a windless day.. the industrial revolution kicked off in Britain , partly due to combination of things. like plentiful supply of coal and iron. waterways etc .. windmills were pretty common everywhere in the period . Holland is associated with them because they preserved a number of them into the modern age after everywhere else had demolished their's. though you still see a few watermills turning on historic houses.
north of amsterdam is a region called zaandam it lies along a river the zaan.
according to the people there it is the first industrial area in the world.
there is an open air museum there Zaanse Schans with leftovers of this time
It's generally known as proto-industrialization but Britain didn't add much but steam power and steel. There was already proper industrial organization, with standardization and a high degree of specialization. There were other big industries like printing, lens manufacturing, cloth, weapons, fake china.
The Dutch also already designed the internal combustion engine, on gunpowder, but that was too far ahead of it's time to go beyond a concept.
It was the kick off of modern capitalism as we know it.
@@DenUitvreter "Britain didn't add much but steam power and steel" That seems kind of like saying, "America and Britain didn't add much to the information era but the computer and computer network."
@@vbscript2 Those two probably made it into a revolution because of it's impact on ordinary people's lives, but there's the industrial revolution and there's industrialization. The latter, as an approach to production, already existed, just like modern capitalism.
The steam power allowed for production to pick any location and for the power to be fully controlled, the steel allowed for smaller tolerances. That's a big change so it seems fair to me to make the distinction between the industrialization of the industrial revolution and the proto-industrialization from before, which many historians do. That was what I was saying.
The Dutch had quite an influence on America. There’s a superb book called “The Island at the Center of the World “ about Dutch’s New Amsterdam ie New York that is definitely worth reading!
I have read that book. Yes they Dutch were here long before the British. (before it was nyc) New Amsterdam was a very cosmopolitan city led by a pegged legged Peter Stuyvesant. (Wall Street was given its name from the Dutch)
The Dutch not only founded what was to become the largest and most influential city in the US, it help finance the young United States at a crucial time. We paid them back by freeing them from German occupation. One good turn deserves another.
An excellent read
Teddy and FDR were descendents of the Dutch, both literally and in tradition.
@@jesseoglidden Martin Van Buren's first language was Dutch.
I can’t believe that with his quality and passion, Lance does not yet have 1 million subscriptions…… I subscribed at less than 50 k, and his subject matter, writing, and production values have continued to improve and expand. Thanks Lance for a great channel…..
And he is able to all of that plus record with his cat. As a cat owner, I thoroughly understand the challenge.
Wijnkoop-very nice Dutch name.
@@TheOdieD3 yes indeed!
Robert Wynkoop Well, it's 990k, so 1m will be but an eyeblink away. Smoke yourself a spliff for getting in so early. No doubt your subscription is history that deserves to be... oh wait, no it's not.
@@K1lostream touché!
Also, should have mentioned the 1st modern Stock Exchange founded by the Dutch East India Company in 1602.
I shared this show with my Facebook page with my own introduction! Fantastic show. The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic was possibly the most dangerous thing to hit the world and Europe at the time. The reason being is the very discussion and thought that individuals may have power, thoughts of their own and should be able to express them...reasons enough for the Powers to do whatever it would take to squish them down.
It's no different than the US today.
The crank that was used to translate the circular motion of the mill into the reciprocating linear motion of the saw would later be patented by a patent troll and Watts's steam engine would employ a clever but more complex arrangement of planetary gears to circumvent the patent.
And, if you visit the Netherlands, you can go and see a working example of a wind powered sawmill. Or you can watch it in action here: th-cam.com/video/Q6FxG3ll-lw/w-d-xo.html
Cool, IP Law ruling the world! 😄😄
There's an even more direct connection between the Dutch ships of their Golden Age and America -- the Mayflower was a fluyt.
To add to that. The Pilgrims lived in Leiden for 10 years before they moved to the new world. They left England because it was too restrictive, they left Holland because it was too liberal. The new world allowed them to live their specific lifestyles without distraction. There's quite a bit of Pilgrim history in Leiden still to be found.
I even in my older years you keep me learning. Thank you, History Guy
I was told by my father when I was very young - You learn something NEW everyday.... and I found out much later ... it does not matter your age.
Really interesting. I love how you covered so many factors such as the invention of better wood processing something most wouldn’t think of but with 30 times faster processing it is incredible. When we think about powers we often think about battles but forget the economics, innovations and great people behind them. Lovely as always.
The funny thing is they were only adopted once the patent expired.
This channel is absolute gold.
right on!
The place where I grew up was settled by the Dutch. Friends of mine helped to build a replica of the Henry Hudson in a place formerly called Beverwyck. Yet a lot of the material in this vid was new to me. You truly are The History Guy!
I live in The Netherlands, in a small city called Beverwijk !
In 1959 I was born in Delft, Holland. Since my family moved to 'Ford Country" in Dearborn Michigan when I was six years old, its obvious that I wouldn't be getting a proper formal education in Dutch history. Well, I showed them! Now I sit here in my THG tee shirt watching one of the very best history instructors on the web teaching one of his favorite subjects: maritime history.
Welcome to America. My parents were American teachers in the Netherlands, then Denmark. My older bro was born in Emmen, Netherlands. I was born in Denmark. Half my ancestors were Dutch {Delfzijl, & Nord Beveland}; they moved to MI, Kalamazoo area 1900-1905-ish. As a very young child, my family moved from Netherlands and Denmark (back in our parents case) to USA. We've had family friends visit here. And I visited Neth. and Denmark.
I was born in 92 in Delft. Hi from a fellow Delvenaar👋
Greetings from another Dutch Michigander! My family came from Ermelo, Gelderland and settled in Holland, Michigan.
Don't forget to mention why the fluyt ships had such small decks: it was to undercut tarriffs paid in the strait of denmark, where they got their baltic grain, since denmark used deck size to quickly determine a vessel's toll
Ahah! I wondered why so small a deck.
Clever, as always!
Its all about the money
I am born and raised Dutch, and I can say that the History Guy again (as usual) did a more than excellent job.
Also I would like to mention the fact that in that same period the Dutch were nr1 in arms manufacturing, they were the first to standardize parts and use sub-contractors. Even families were making parts for the weapon-industrie.
Later such manufacturing techniques would adapted all over the world, namely Japan were the first to adopt it in car-manufacturing.
I love your stories, History Guy. You cover things I just never learned in depth. Added bonus of the History Cat popping up.
Very interesting chapter! Here's a related footnote to this time. Most English nautical words and terms were borrowed from Dutch during this era, including strange looking words like yacht, which took me 60 years to learn to spell. This jargon is alive today with space travel. Supply ships "dock" at the International Space Station, for example.
Pragmatism in the goal of bettering the economy and lifestyle of your citizens? If only people paid attention to history...
Since The Netherlands doesn't particularly make me think of woods, I had to look up where did the Dutch get all this lumber to build all these ships. "The hull planks of the Batavia have been matched to slow-growing, straight-trunked oak forests in Poland, which were also the source of wooden panels used by the Dutch and Flemish old masters."
Well interesting as you mention woods as ,the actual meaning of the name Holland is woodland.
The shipbuilding and windmills depleted the province of Holland of all its forrests. so much so they had to create a special forrest to grow new trees.
The dutch had a lot of slow growing trees , oak , chestnut , beech trees etc. the benelux was filled with ancient. They where all turned in to windmills ships housing .
@@marcusfranconium3392 That is funny, I had no idea about the meaning of Holland. The Netherlands is obviously Low-countries. Ok Cool. Yeah, he mentioned those Baltic ports actually later in the video. Baltic ports obviously being the ports that would take wood out of those Polish Oak forests. That article did mention that eventually those forests in Poland also were denuded which would affect the cost and quality of the ships at later times.
@@MarkVrem Correct , the name Holland only came in to existance after a kind of war of succesion 1000 years ago as it was known as west frisia.
A lot of history with the balticseas trade.
@@marcusfranconium3392 Well i was told they were hollanders before they won in west frisia. Not allot of written history was perserved or ever made. There was no effort to make turn the dialect into a language either. Still a proud west frisian haha.
@@Doubtfull1988 Well over time it had many names, frisia minor .germanica inferior.
There is quite a bit of documentation ,the problem is source material is mostly written in different languages and types of writing, .
Still the netherlands and frisians have a long and complex histories.
"The Dutch lost the 4 Anglo-Dutch wars"
Yeah, but only after taking over the English crown. A lot of Amsterdam bankers joined William of Orange in London, so the success of London and the English Empire was due to the Dutch taking over management there.
taking over management *and* becoming British you mean...
Saying the Dutch lost the four wars is inaccurate (and also not what the History Guy said). One was a draw, and one the Dutch won. But the British did come out ahead in the end. And yup, the last country to successfully invade Britain is the Netherlands. And the reforms William and his English wife brought over, especially in the banking area, helped pave the way for the heights of the British Empire.
Good point. I always understood it to be conflict & merger. Not unlike corporate today.
@@fukpoeslaw3613 The take over by William is one of the most unknown part of history! For Britain it is one of the important political periods. The relationship between the British Parliament and the kingdom was settled.
William & Mary took the English throne 4 years after the end of the 4th war. So no, it was not after taking the crown. Another piece left out was the influence and contribution of the Jewish merchants and bankers who were expelled from Spain after 1492. Many settled in the Netherlands bringing both capital and financial expertise.
The Dutch are not focused on nor referenced enough in regards to North American or U.S. history. France and Britain get the lions share of attention. More videos on the the Dutch contributions would be interesting.
The declaration of independence is the interesting part, also the republic concept.
NYC was at one time named New Amsterdam led by Peter Stuyvesant. Read the book Island At The Center of the World. VERY interesting.
Maybe, but I've always known of their influence. Anyone who studies history knows this.
@@graceamerican3558
Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam.
Why they changed it I can’t say.
People just liked it better that way.
@@Tedinator01 NYC was named after the Duke of York at the time when the British took over NY. Stuyvesant surrendered NY. He knew he could not win with the resources he had.
Hello history guy! Facinating episode again! You correcly mention the ship the fluit. It was indeed a slow and pear shaped vessel with a wide hull and narrow deck. She was used a lot in the grain trade in the Baltic sea. One of the main reasons of her narrow deck was for a reason though. All trade ships to and from the Baltic had to pay tax to Denmark. Tax at that time was determained by the widh of the ships deck. This was the main reason of her funny round shape. Love your channel brgds!
Love your reports, great voice, and action!
I salute you sir for the way you've compressed this amount of quality information into an eighteen minutes of video without leaving me with all sorts of unanswered questions.
You swing.
I loved this post. Tollerance, respect for the individual, respect for others religion, thoughts, beliefs. Priotizing saving and education, valueing science...etc. All things America needs to relearn.
I garnered a not so subtle theme of capitalism in this video.
The Dutch ships were also much easier to handle as they were equipped with innovative rigging, allowing a few men to do the work of many.
Interessant Bob! Wat waren die innovates?
true. every new generation of the maritime kingdoms made improvements from the generation before, but remember it was the Portuguese who innovated the ships in the age of sail that was to be used by all European seafaring powers for almost 400 years.
Speaking about 17th century ships and shipbuilding, in Stockholm Sweden there is a museum housing the Vasa, an immense 17th century Swedish Warship that capsized on her maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor due to too high of a center of mass. She lay on the cold oxygen deprived seafloor for over 300 years before being salvaged and exhibited. Should you ever find yourself in Stockholm spend a few hours touring the Vasa museum. Well worth your time and the immensity of the ship is an incredible sight.
I have seen it. Amazing.
this is quite famous. i had a model ship of the Vasa years ago.. in the UK..
I think that THG did an episode on it
The Vasa
She was on her maiden voyage with the king and royalty in attendence. Since she was under review the Captain had all her sails deployed and all her gun ports were open. Since she had all her sails fully deployed she took a stiff breeze wich caused her to heel over putting her lower gun ports below water took from between 6 and 8 minutes to sink I believe, in any regards it was quick. Sank right there in front of the king, also Captain went down with the ship
I thought she sank because strong wind caused her to keel over and allow water to gush into the open gunports. That's what I recall reading. Could be old info.
You continue to amaze me with your storytelling prowess!
The 'Fluitschip' was made that way (small deck and bulging hull) to evade toll levied on ships crossing from the Baltic Sea and the North Sea by Denmark. The toll was determined by the size of the deck, so small deck meant less toll but the same amount of cargo. This originated from the lumber trade with Russia.
Thank you for your zeal of such rich ,educational, and interesting history. You present it very well.
What a great episode. I love the Netherlands, one of my favorite European country’s. I’ve always wondered about their rise and fall. Gives me a reason to dig deeper
What fall? We have never fallen!
The Golden Age simply morped into a Silver Age.. still making a lot of money
Its not really a fall though. Still one of the richest countries in the world with arguably the best standards of living.
This country will soon disappear in the dark crevices of mother earth when they continue to drill for gas. Amsterdam will be the new Atlantis and Heineken, Heintje and Rudi Carell the only modern day witnesses surviving in global memory 🙂
@@BrianJ.not the best,Iceland,new Zeland,Norway,Switzerland and possibly Denmark or Luxembourg has better standard of living
You're always a good story teller, but for some reason, this one had that something extra.
Excellent video! Thanks for all of them.
It is interesting that so many English words dealing with ships and shipping are directly taken from Dutch. Shoal, dock, frigate, yawl, deck, cruise, ketch, yacht, shore, knot, keel, boom, bulwark, commodore, freight, mast, rowing, sail, skipper, smuggler, tackle, sloop, etc.
Once again a Superb Episode. Thank You for the work to produce this Gem.
That was a quite interesting Lesson. Something we don't learn in school. Thank you so much for providing these Snippets.
This video is a masterpiece. Every sentence is rich in information that not only beautifully describes the subject but also describes values that are as important today as they were then. This video should be shown in all schools and should be shown on the first day of Econ 101.
As for the subject of another video, Robert Massie's book "Peter the Great: His Life and World" describes Peter's rather long visit to the Dutch Republic for the purpose of learning the craft of shipbuilding. The Tzar of Russia became a shipyard worker. He tried to remain incognito but his 6' 8" height made that rather difficult.
The Dutch illustrated early on that everyone can prosper better through free trade rather than military conquest.
Military conquest played a large role founding the power and influence of the Dutch V.O.C. in the East.
Great episode 😎👍
The Netherlands thank you.
Who doesn't love the Dutch? However, with a History Guy episode of such a nature - I was a little disappointed by the lack of pirates.
there was mention... enough to make it a good story.
Being on the internet, you might find a selection of Indonesian people telling everyone on Dutch history related topics about how the Netherlands colonised Indonesia, and a smaller selection of those people still hold a grudge against the people of the Netherlands today, of which on both sides might never have experienced those times or are responsible for it.
Though it might be in some ways be the same as why some people still hate the Germans or Italians.
The Batavia mutineers intended to become pirates, following a successful take over of the ship.
It didn't end well!
@@CHIL2903 indeed, though they never had a succesful take-over on the ship.
@@DarkDutch007 👍Correct, DD their leaders certainly had big ideas though, intending to take over the ship sent to rescue them as well.
The timing of the rescue shops arrival was straight out of Hollywood as well. just as it was looking that it was all up for Wiebbe Hayes and his men, the larger of the high islands, the sails were sighted.
Missed this last night. Another that touched on many subjects that deserve an episode. Very enjoyable.
I'll give you an A+ for just trying to pronounce those Dutch names.
It is a pity that the archaic spelling threw him off, but it was a valiant effort.
Here here!
Good on you for that!
Definitely a lack of experience with this quirky language. It takes some time to be able to say "ui", let alone know it was mostly written "uy" at that time. But a brave attempt for sure. I wish he had showed a cross section of the ship though and made it known to the audience, a "fluyt" is Dutch for flute. Once you've seen that picture the name becomes clear.
I don't know this channel, but I give him an A for not being anglocentric, not regurgitating English propaganda from the past as serious history but make a well researched video that shows understanding of the Dutch Republic, unlike most YT video's on the subject.
@@DenUitvreter Is this your first time visiting The History Guy channel? If so, you should subscribe, as there are over 500 videos in his library for you to view, and pretty much all of them are excellent.
The history of The Netherlands reads like a captivating adventure novel.
I'm reading a book about the history of the Northern Territory it's actually quite fascinating apparently according to the book the Dutch visited the northern coast of Australia and interacted with indigenous Australians....
makes sense, the Dutch were all over what is now Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. it's not far to get to australia from there, especially if the local fishermen knew all about the other land.
Tasmania is named after Abel Tasman, so they also went south of Australia
What is the name of that book, Iach?
I am Dutch and working in Darwin at the moment and it would be very interesting to learn more about the history.
Australia used to be called new holland with the dutch having come across it first. Tasmania is even named after a dutch explorer (Tasman). Its just that they didnt do much with the place unlike the english a long time after
@@hipbubble7685 like New Zealand (nieuw Zeeland)
In a funny coincidence I read an article just before watching this about Vrouw Maria, a Dutch shipwreck from the 1770's in the Baltic that is very well preserved.
As an Dutch shipbuilder I like to thank you for making this video. And I would like to add that Dutch shipbuilding ingenuity has not declined like the Republic did. The most technological advanced ships are still being build on Dutch soil, mostly in the form of the world's most prestigious superyacht's.
cool tidbit.
I wouldn't say "most technologically advanced" that belongs to shipyards like Bath Ironworks, Portsmouth and Newport News Naval Ship Yards. Some of the most expensive private yachts most definitely.
@@bepbep7418 your partly right most technological is a too generalised of a term. But then it also wouldn't apply to the very accomplished British shipyards. However the need for billionaires to have the best and show off is pushing the industry in general forwards look for an example to the new hydrogen yacht for Bill Gates being built in the Netherlands.
And don't forget about the large dredging vessels the Netherlands keeps building. If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much ;)
…and don’t forget about Boyan Slat with his (created) Inceptors, cleaning up the mess in the rivers and in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch! Look up The Ocean Cleanup, Rotterdam
Excellent explaination of the history in the making of the NL, not oftern covered elsewhere.
Technically it could be said that the Dutch ship builders had the first assembly lines. They would build many ships side by side and move specialist workers focusing one one task ,from one to the other with the next specialist workers rotating to the next ship
Brent, great info! Could you reveal some of your sources?
As a dutch man, there is nothing more entertaining than hearing non-dutch speakers pronounce dutch names. And nothing makes me more proud than hearing someone trying there best to get it right
Very good and lively account of the rise of the Dutch Republic seen thru it's ship building prowess. But I think you missed 2 important developments that were essential to that success, the 2 mercantile expeditions to the Eastern Spice Isles that resulted in the creation of the Dutch East India Company and the world's first stock market ; and the truly terrible role the Netherlands played in the slave trade that was, in part, a building bloc of the Golden Age. ps - it's fun to learn the importance of shipbuilding to Peter the Great of Russia, who spent a brief time living in simple semi-secrecy in Zaandam as a shipwright in order to learn that art.
Yes the slave Trade was a gruesome page in this history, yet, it’s easy to overestimate the part the Dutch played because of their mercantile dominance. The big bucks were earned with the East India Trade and foremost the Trade with the Baltics and Europe.
A great lesson for our day and time. Thanks sir!
As an expat South African now in London, its fascinating to know such things weave their way into my very existence. Probably my own 25% or so Dutch heritage would not exist were it not for these ships, the settlers in Cape Town and then the Great Trek.
Ships have given mankind extensive mobility, with which he has changed the world.
Id love to see you do a video on Spanish Galleons. Particularly the differences from the Galleons that plied the Atlantic from Mexico to Spain, and the Manila Galleons of the Pacific Ocean, that went from Mexico to the Philippines.
Many scholars believe the Spanish Manila Galleons discovered Hawaii long before Captain Cook
a replica of the Batavia was built in the 80s, it is located in the city of Lelystad. and can be visited.
if you want to see, in what kind of ships our ancestors sailed across the world seas. this is the place to go
I add that it is an EXACT replica. Made by using exactly the same techniques and materials in exactly the same ways as back then. It is, however, slowly decaying. That is inevitable for these reasons. There are places that are inaccessible and these ships were made back then for only 20 years lifetime.
I had a look around on the Batavia, that was great. Just I cursed being so tall. Let's just say those timbers are pretty solid...
Thanks guy.
I was supposed to have visited Amsterdam in early 1995 on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41. The visit was canceled due to mechanical problems that kept my ship in Trondheim Norway for temporary repairs.
R u kidding me?? a wind powered saw?? They must of just crushed any competition !! A truly amazing feat for the time !!!
When you visit the "Zaanse Schans", north of Amsterdam you can visit windmill used for milling grain, pumping water, sawing wood, pressing oil, producing paint and more. The whole area was an industry centre powered by wind. The farmers even did not produce grain, which was much cheaper to import from the Baltic or France, but industrial products like hemp.
Sidenote: we had a trade privilege with Japan at that time. Asian stuff was highly desired in Europe, but in Asia there was no demand for European products (one of the reasons the English had 2 opium wars in China).
thanks
The Dutch learnt about international trade from the Portuguese 🇵🇹 threw them out.
The British 🇬🇧 learnt everything from the Dutch/:Netherlands 🇳🇱 and threw them out.
Lol 😆
And both times it happend because the country was invaded by a 3rd player. Portugal by Spain during the Portuguese Succession War and the Dutch Republic by France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
It's funny how this video came out as I started learning Dutch 😁.
You should learn Friesian.
Bedankt Geschiedenis Kerel. -Thanks History Guy
Tough pronunciations. Man that was a great episode!
Where did you get your cat poster. My 1st time utube.
Very insightful - thank you!
There are a number of economic lessons in the video which would benefit many people today.
This video made me pull a book off the shelf written by my father's uncle. A Primer of Dutch Seventeenth Century Overseas Trade.
I was amazed how this was never taught to me in school, but then it was mentioned how the dutch surpassed the rest of the world via reduction in taxes and bureaucratic red tape and I realized why this was never taught in school.
Oh Jzero.. you do have to pay more attention, video stated less duties and red tape concerning trade.
It also mentioned factors like co operation and consensus. Now combine that with inventions like saw mills (high productivity) easy access to capitol and well I feel those are the main drivers to the Dutch golden age.
@@ervie60 It happened because the government didnt stop them. The saw mill design was not a first. It was only the first to be implemented on a an industrial scale because for the first time private individuals were given the freedom to do so.
As it turns out a profitable private venture is much more likely to succeed than a state owned venture. Its called intensives. The dutch were successful because they figured this out.
For example if i asked you to build a trade network across the ocean would you? of coarse not. the government restrictions and requirements would be way too much. If they were eliminated you and many others would be able to immediately open up any sort of business you want.
In the 17th Century taxes were nothing like what they are today. The Dutch didn't "reduce taxes" and although taxation did of course exist in many ways, it was levied very differently and on many things that we don't get taxed for today, and you can be sure that there was as much red tape back than as there is today. Nevertheless governments and countries were organised very differently, in the 17th Century governments didn't have to worry about social security or health care, and pensions were a very dubious concept that only the largest and wealthiest companies might look at. There was no government pension laid down in law or anything like that, but individuals might get one or even received just a one-off payment at the end of their service, if their employers felt so inclined. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) in fact did (pay pensions), but you can be sure that the vast majority of Dutchmen in the Dutch Golden Age did not ever see a pension. It's ludicrous to think that "reducing red tape" had anything to do with the success of the Republic of the Seven Provinces. In fact, when it comes down to it, there was no "Dutch Government" until 1815!
_Beautiful told!_
_Greetings from The NLs_
The Dutch success was built on a tolerant version of Calvinism and the emergence of the Middle Class.
Outstanding review. Cheers 🍻
I spent my time as an apprentice at the Bataviawerf, great shame she's not in as great a shape anymore as she was ten years ago! The funds reserved for her upkeep were retracted by rather silly government policy some years ago, a true shame.
Ik heb hem vorige week nog bezocht, blijft een pracht ding
I had always wanted to read about this very topic , Thank You MR. History. Guy !
Although the tiny country only had 1 - 2 million inhabitants back then, you forgot to mention that they could read and write. That was a protestant treat as they were encouraged to read the bible themselves, including the women. It also had the benefit that the women could do business themselves (under the conditions that there was no husband around). And often the men were at sea or died. So, the economy could continue at home as well. Quite unique legislation worldwide back then and often overlooked.
Fun fact: we also ate the dodo's. As a dutchman I hate to admit that my ancestors are responsible for their extinction. The island of Mauritius made for a great pitstop whilst traveling to Indonesia back then. And those large fearless birds tasted a lot like chicken, so... . I guess "the way of the dodo" was actually through the digestive system of Dutch sailors (and the rats and pigs they brought with them to be fair). They went extinct somewhere between 1680 and 1690, quite fittingly right at the end of the Dutch Golden Age.
Check out a book called "Island In The Center of the World". It is about New York's Manhatten Island and it's success as a Dutch colony and it's influence in making the US a successful republic. It is a fancinating and well written book from the Dutch point of view intead of the English point of view.
Great story. Fantastic storytelling.
Brilliant!! Absolutely brilliant!! I've read some Dutch history (including the first three volumes of John Lothrop Motley's "The Rise of the Dutch Republic" [a hard slog!]) and a short biography of William (the Silent) of Orange, but I've picked up a lot from my readings in European and English history (including a history of the British East India Company).
I've long felt that the Anglo-Dutch Wars were one of the great tragedies of European history, and that in their attempt to defeat the Dutch commercially, the British destroyed a naval and commercial power that could have been of inestimable value to Great Britain in the decades and centuries to come. Luckily the accession of Mary II to the English throne with her Dutch husband William helped smooth things over somewhat, and the Dutch were valuable allies in the conflicts with the Bourbons - but the fact remained that their seapower had, by the end of the 17th Century, been drastically reduced. The 80-year-long struggle of the Dutch for independence (and toleration) against the bigoted and fanatical Spaniards is one of the great stories in European history. Thank you for posting such an informative and fascinating video.
Hi, half my ancestry is Dutch. I've read "The Rise of the Dutch Republic" too -- flipping thru some parts reading others/ liked it. I second: "The 80-year-long struggle of the Dutch for independence (and toleration) against the bigoted and fanatical Spaniards is one of the great stories in European history." And like Lance the History Guy shared, the Dutch Republic was a major influencer on the 18th C. development of the USA. The Dutch Republic's religious freedoms and social cooperation also influenced the Pilgrims too. Pilgrims moved first from England 1610-ish to Leyden, Netherlands.
@Richard That is what you get when a ruler of a country sees himself as a god.
And many many compelling reasons to watch this channel...
This video is so well done. The Dutch went everywhere, and everywhere they went, they made money. I had relatives that founded the Albany colony in New York. They trapped fur and shipped it back to Amsterdam.
Thank you.
Amazing storytelling. I live in The Netherlands for years now and I love to hear these stories. I find it disappointing to hear a lot of discussions about this particular century center around slavery nowadays. It's as if people disregard all those advancements in science, religion, philosophy, economics and so on. Therefore I love hearing people talk about the topics you covered and the way you did it too. Regards
"I find it disappointing to hear a lot of discussions about this particular century center around slavery nowadays." The thing is that the aspect of slavery has for a very long time been something that barely discussed when it came to the history that was taught in schools etc. After, having part of ones shining, golden age being partly founded on slavery is a bit of a black paragraph. In that regard it deserves more recognition to make for a balanced history. (That being said, those types calling for 'reparations' need to shut it.)
Top 10 GDP in the world except China and India are all build on lutering, plundering and enslaving complete countries.They distroyed complete cultures. They benefit even now from those years by using goods, treasures, and resources that have been stolen from others. Now they display as civilized countries. Of course you get civilised if for centuries there were others working, building and dyig for you. And all that was by force.
I invite people to visit Louvre, British museum, the UK, the Russian and as well France and Germany treasurry - just curiouse how many artifacts and goods displayed they purcased, not stolen. Well they just tucked the goods, the natives were already slotered - see American natives, Formosa island, and many many East pacific islands.
I was told several times the same story by Dutch persons ( used to leave there for some more than 12 years ) the Polish people used to stolen their bikes and wallets from their pockets and that Polish are theaves. Shame on you Dutch, British, etc. ... for complaining that someone stolen you 100$ and it is not fair.
Those who lead such discussions are idiots brainwashed by an agenda. Listening to them means not respecting yourself and your sanity.
@@kimwit1307 The entire 'well' of discussion about slavery has been poisoned by afrocentrists...
Every single civilization has had some form of slavery, even now.
My favourite episode to date. Thank you very much Mr History Guy.
@The History Guy
I hope, you could make a video on a Dutch trading post; that has most influence on another culture. Of course, I'm talking about "Dejima" in Nagasaki, Japan. It is a interesting history on how the Dutch had a monopoly with the Japanese. That assisted them to advance their society and technology. Even that their policy was to closed off access to the world to prevent western colonization.
Ahhh, true that is a very interesting story!
excellent lecture!
In the 1600's the Dutch were often simply called "the United States." 👌
United Provinces actually
Amazing... Thank you for sharing
This is why the Dutch must be proud of their history ,we became way to soft
I remember reading somewhere that the english and spanish ships that fought against the dutch ships and won wanted the dutch maps first because the dutch had such great maps of the world at that time and also the water levels around all the islands so ships could aviod running aground..................
Living in Belgium and being a history fanatic, I must congratulate you with your accurate presentation of what happened in the Low Countries back in those days. Keep up the good work!
Saying the Dutch sometimes held their own against England is a bit of an understatement.
In the early Anglo-Dutch clashes Dutch ships, sailors and Marines were of such quality, experience, and daring that they usually trashed English forces multiple times their size in spectacular fashion, and usually in attack.
Dutch quality was dominant early on.
London was threatened multiple times.
The Habsburg Dynasty the poster-childs of what happens when your family tree doesn't branch.
Yes, many very large moustaches have been cultivated to cover a Habsburg Lip.
When your family tree is a wreath
When the Archdukes invite their sisters and cousins to the party..
I think it would be great if you expanded on the Dutch influence over the emergence of the United States. How much was influenced by the puritans stay in the Netherlands (and their eventual “departure”.
Wow! What an enlightenment for me. I have been to Amsterdam (and surrounding areas). My Dutch friends are industrious, hard working folk whose ancestors showed the way to success.
Excellent as usual.
THG:"The Dutch often held their own."
*cough* Raid on Medway *cough*
A sneak attack during peace negotiations.
@@Georgieastra After the English king tried to buy time not for peace but to continue the war and the wars he started in the first place by provocating the Dutch Republic...
@@Georgieastra It wasn't a sneak attack. The English were well aware of the approaching Dutch fleet. They just couldn't do anything about it
Delighted with your research and information dense short history of the golden Dutch age!
A nice introduction into this era. The design of the "Flute" because of a lack of central authority as contributor to the success of the Republic, makes sense. For those interested I can recommend "The dairy of Samuel Pepys", who was an ambassador for the crown. Highly entertaining and a fascinating view of English politics of that time leading up to the "Great Revolution", the last successful conquest of England they never talk about.
999k. ...come on 1 million!!!
Really really enjoyed the paintings incorporated in this episode.
I'll second that .
Ah another member of the lightning fast chicken pluckers
@@steveg9744 Correct sir 67-71, and you?
@@tonyk1584 73-77
@@steveg9744 Me 98C2L27 Radio Traffic Analyst and French Linguist, Nam 68-69. You?
As a dutchman, and a 6th generation of sailor/ deck officer aka Stuurman. this makes me more than proud to be Dutch.