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The Story of the Netherlands: Trade, Empire, and Innovation — Fexingo History

The Netherlands: a small country that shaped the modern world. From the revolt against Spanish Habsburg rule to the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic, this show traces the rise of a trading empire…

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Latest episodes

  1. Dutch Innovations: The Windmill Sawmills of the Zaan11 Aug 2026
  2. The Dutch East India Company's Tea Trade and the Rise of Amsterdam10 Aug 2026
  3. The Dutch WIC: Privateers, Slaves, and Atlantic Ambition9 Aug 2026
  4. The Dutch Sea Beggars: Privateers Who Forged a Nation8 Aug 2026
  5. The Dutch Hanseatic City of Kampen and the Botter Fleet7 Aug 2026
  6. The Dutch Grain Trade: Amsterdam's Baltic Lifeline6 Aug 2026
  7. De Gouden Eeuw: The Dutch Diamond Polishing Revolution5 Aug 2026
  8. The Dutch Wood Trade: Timber, Ships, and the Baltic Lifeline4 Aug 2026
  9. The Dutch Beemster Polder: A Seventeenth-Century Land Reclamation3 Aug 2026
  10. The Dutch Polder: How Windmills and Water Built a Nation2 Aug 2026