The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Golden Book of the Dutch NavigatorsThe history of America is the story of the conquest of the West. The history of Holland is the story of the conquest of the sea. The western frontier in¿uenced American life, shaped American thought, and gave America the habits of self-reliance and independence. Of action which differentiate the people of the great republic from those of other countries.The Wide ocean, the Wind-swept highroad of commerce, turned a small mud-bank along the North Sea into a mighty commonwealth and created a civilization of such individual char acter that it has managed to maintain its per sonal traits against the aggressions of both time and man.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.