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Course: Europe 1300 - 1800 > Unit 9

Lesson 4: Dutch Republic

Model of the Dutch East India Company ship "Valkenisse"

A model of the United East India Company ship (East Indiaman), "Valkenisse," 1717 (The Netherlands), wood with hemp, cotton rigging, 228.6 x 96.5 x 203.2 cm (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). Speakers: Benjamin Weiss, Leonard A. Lauder Senior Curator of Visual Culture, Department of Prints and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Steven Zucker. Created by Smarthistory.

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