Card no 402 - Beppie
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Enkhuizen in The Netherlands
Country Card Sent From: The Netherlands
Place Card Sender Lives: Enkhuizen
Date Received: 16th February 2013
Distance Travelled: 344 miles
Time Taken:
13 days
Enkhuizen is a
municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland
and the region of West-Frisia. Enkhuizen
was one of the harbour-towns of the Dutch East India Company, just like Hoorn
and Amsterdam, from where overseas trade with the East Indies was conducted. It
received city rights in 1355. In the mid-17th century, Enkhuizen was at the
peak of its power and was one of the most important harbour cities in the
Netherlands. However, due to a variety of reasons, notably the silting up of
the harbours, Enkhuizen lost its position to Amsterdam.
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