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Everdingen, Allart van
(Encyclopedia) Everdingen, Allart vanEverdingen, Allart vanälˈärt vän āˈfərdĭngən [key], 1621–75, Dutch painter and etcher. Although he worked primarily in Haarlem and Amsterdam, the scenery of…Block, Adriaen
(Encyclopedia) Block, Adriaen, fl. 1610–24, Dutch navigator. Eager to establish a fur trade with the Native Americans, Amsterdam merchants sent (1613) Block and another Dutch navigator to explore the…Van Twiller, Wouter
(Encyclopedia) Van Twiller, Wouter, fl. 1632–1640, Dutch director-general of New Netherland. A nephew of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, he was appointed to succeed Peter Minuit and arrived in New Amsterdam…Reformed Church in America
(Encyclopedia) Reformed Church in America, Protestant denomination founded in colonial times by settlers from the Netherlands and formerly known as the Dutch Reformed Church. The Reformed Church in…Spieghel, Hendrick Laurenszoon
(Encyclopedia) Spieghel, Hendrick LaurenszoonSpieghel, Hendrick Laurenszoonhĕnˈdrək louˈrənszōnˌ spēˈkhəl [key], 1549–1612, Dutch poet. In his cycle of spiritual songs Lieden Op't Vader Ons (modern…Nurmi, Paavo
(Encyclopedia) Nurmi, PaavoNurmi, Paavopäˈvō n&oobreve;rˈmē [key], 1897–1973, Finnish track star. Between 1920 and 1932 he set 20 world running records and won nine Olympic gold medals. His…Manasseh ben Israel
(Encyclopedia) Manasseh ben Israel, 1604–57, Jewish scholar and communal leader, b. Portugal. Early in his life he settled in Amsterdam, where he became a rabbi and started (1627) the first Hebrew…Zernike, Frits
(Encyclopedia) Zernike, Frits, 1888–1966, Dutch physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Amsterdam, 1915. He was on the faculty at the Univ. of Groningen from 1915 until his retirement in 1958. Zernike received the…Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
(Encyclopedia) Blaeu, Willem JanszoonBlaeu, Willem Janszoonvĭˈləm yänˈsōn blou [key], 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer and printer. He studied astronomy and instrument making under the Danish astronomer…Dutch West India Company
(Encyclopedia) Dutch West India Company, trading and colonizing company, chartered by the States-General of the Dutch republic in 1621 and organized in 1623. Through its agency New Netherland was…Trending
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